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Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region
of the island of Tasmania.
It is located in a valley on western slopes of Mount Owen on
the West Coast Range. As at the 2009 census, Queenstown had a
population of just over 5000 people. Queenstown has a long history
in the mining industry. This mountainous area was first explored
in 1862. It was long after that when alluvial gold was discovered
at Mount Lyell, prompting the formation of the Mount Lyell Gold
Mining Company in 1881. In 1892, the mine began searching for
copper. The final name of the Mount Lyell company was the Mount
Lyell Mining and Railway Company. |
