Dundas
Tasmania
Dundasite (white) and Crocoite (orange/red)
Dundas is located in Tasmania
Dundas
Dundas
Coordinates41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E / 41.87528°S 145.42083°E / -41.87528; 145.42083
Postcode(s)7469
LGA(s)West Coast Council
State electorate(s)Braddon
Federal division(s)Braddon

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.

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "DUNDAS". Daily Post. Vol. VIII, no. 184. Tasmania, Australia. 7 August 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "STICHTITE". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXXIV, no. 225. Tasmania, Australia. 21 September 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Comet Mine". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXVI, no. 257. Tasmania, Australia. 27 October 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Comet Mine". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 9 April 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "The Mineral Dundasite". Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.

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