Dundas, Tasmania
Dundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is now part of the locality of Zeehan.
| Dundas Tasmania | |
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  Dundas | |
| Coordinates | 41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E |
| Postcode(s) | 7469 |
| LGA(s) | West Coast Council |
| State electorate(s) | Braddon |
| Federal division(s) | Braddon |
Location
The town was located 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read township. The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas railway connection.
The location was hilly and heavily wooded, making the location hazardous in the event of bushfires.[1]
The location, being close to Mount Read, was also prone to heavy rain and cold weather.[2][3]
Mount Dundas Post Office was opened on 22 November 1890, renamed Dundas in 1892 and closed in 1930.[4]
The Zeehan and Dundas Herald (1902–1922) was one of the more significant newspapers of the west coast during its operation.
Mines and minerals
Silver was discovered early in the Dundas area in 1890,[5] and the name of the Dundas field was incorporated into that of the adjacent Zeehan field.[6]
A number of mines near Dundas are known as locations of rare minerals:[7]
- Adelaide Mine near Dundas was the location of special specimens of crocoite,[8] stichtite[9] and other rare minerals.
- Comet Mine was identified as a location of anglesite, ankerite and cerussite.[10][11]
- Dundasite is named after Dundas.[12]
- Hecla Mine (also known as Hecla Curtin Mine) was identified as a location of aikinite.[13][14]
References
- "TASMANIA". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 11, 933. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "DUNDAS". Daily Post. Vol. VIII, no. 184. Tasmania, Australia. 7 August 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "DUNDAS". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Vol. XVI, no. 151. Tasmania, Australia. 10 April 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- "RICH DISCOVERIES OF SILVER AT DUNDAS, TASMANIA". The Colac Herald. Vol. XXI, no. 2091. Victoria, Australia. 23 September 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- "ZEEHAN-DUNDAS SILVER-FIELD, TASMANIA". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 13, 928. Victoria, Australia. 13 February 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- Tasmania. Department of Mines; Petterd, W. F. (William Frederick). Catalogue of mineral of Tasmania; Geological Survey of Tasmania (1970), "Catalogue of the minerals of Tasmania", Mineralogical Magazine (Rev. and amended 1969 ed.), Hobart, 38 (299): 901, Bibcode:1972MinM...38..901E, doi:10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.19, retrieved 17 April 2017
- "OLD MINER DISPLAYS RARE ORE SAMPLE". The Mercury. Vol. CLXXIV, no. 26, 036. Tasmania, Australia. 5 June 1954. p. 23. Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- "STICHTITE". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXXIV, no. 225. Tasmania, Australia. 21 September 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Comet Mine". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXVI, no. 257. Tasmania, Australia. 27 October 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Comet Mine". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 9 April 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The Mineral Dundasite". Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- "Hecla Curtin mine". Launceston Examiner. Vol. LVII, no. 131. Tasmania, Australia. 3 June 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Mining news. The Hecla Mine". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XLVIII, no. 14, 312. South Australia. 16 May 1911. p. 1 (5 o'clock.). Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
Specific
- Bottrill, R.S., Williams, P., Dohnt, S., Sorrell, S. and Kemp, N.R. 2006. Crocoite and associated minerals from Dundas and other locations in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, (Dundas Issue) 12, 59-90
- Bottrill, R. S. (2000) New minerals from old deposits: The Dundas Mineral Field, Tasmania in Abstracts Minerals and Museums 2000: 4th seminar. Melbourne, Victoria, June 2000.
- Reid, A. McIntosh. (1925) The Dundas mineral field Geological Survey Bulletin 36, Dept. of Mines, Hobart, Tasmania.
- Tilley, Wilberton. (1891) The wild west of Tasmania : being a description of the silver fields of Zeehan and DundasEvershed Bros., Zeehan, Tas. : Dundas, Tas. :
- Eaves, Rick (14 April 2017). "Dundas, long dead, lives on in new museum". ABC News.
Region
- Haupt, J., 1988: Minerals of Western Tasmania. Mineralogical Record, Australia Issue, 196, 381-388
- Atkinson, H.K. (1991). Railway Tickets of Tasmania. ISBN 0-9598718-7-X.
- Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania — A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.