Gormanston, Tasmania

Gormanston Tasmania
Gormanston
Coordinates	42°04′25″S 145°35′50″E / 42.07361°S 145.59722°E / -42.07361; 145.59722
Population	17 (2016 census)^[1]
LGA(s)	West Coast Council
State electorate(s)	Lyons
Federal division(s)	Lyons

Gormanston is a town in Tasmania on the slopes of Mount Owen, above the town of Queenstown in Tasmania's West Coast. In the 2016 census, Gormanston had a population of 17.^[1]

It lies at the shoulder between Mount Lyell and Mount Owen and is south or "up the hill" from an equally abandoned community, the remains of the townsite of Linda which is at the northern side of the Linda Valley.

History

It was built as the company town for the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company operations at the Iron Blow open cut copper mine and later also became the location of the short lived terminus of the North Mount Lyell Railway at Gormanston railway station before it closed.^[2]

It may have been named in honour of Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston, Governor of Tasmania 1893–1900.

Mount Lyell Post Office opened on 1 January 1891, was renamed Gormanston in 1894 and closed in 1979.^[3]

It is the only remaining townsite that lies in effect 'in' the West Coast Range.

It was a major settlement of employees of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, especially of those who were employed at parts of its workings that were located in the North Lyell and open cut areas. At the peak of its population and importance, Gormanston had its own local government authority, of which mine manager R. M. Murray was the long-standing Warden.^[4] The company also had a daily bus to take workers down to the mine and plant in Queenstown.

It was the nearest community to the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster and was used as a base by company officials attending to this disaster.^[5]

Considerable numbers of buildings have been removed to other locations, and the local government authority was absorbed into the new 'West Coast Council' and the adjacent Mount Lyell workings have been closed down.

It is the closest settlement to Lake Burbury, a hydro created lake from the damming of the King River.

There are currently no other settlement or other buildings on the Lyell Highway towards Hobart until Derwent Bridge.

There are booklets available in the Galley Museum in Queenstown, that give historical information about the town in its heyday, and in particular lists of registered inhabitants in the early 1900s.

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics, "2016 Census Quickstats: Gormanston", published 23 October 2017, retrieved 28 May 2019 https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60238
^ * Rae, Lou (2001). The Abt Railway and Railways of the Lyell region. Sandy Bay: Lou Rae. ISBN 0-9592098-7-5.
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ "Gormanston Council Mr. R. M. Murray's Record Term as Warden". The Advocate (Tasmania). Tasmania, Australia. 14 May 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^ * Bradshaw, Noeline. The North Lyell Mining Disaster. Queenstown: Galley Museum Volunteer Committee. (Available at Galley Museum Queenstown)

External links

http://www.rootsweb.com/~austas/gormans.htm - for residents in 1910

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities and
other settlements

Queenstown

Governance

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall
Eldon	Eldon Peak
Engineer	unnamed peak
Raglan	unnamed peak
Sticht	unnamed peak

National parks

Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Power stations

Transport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness
Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class
Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour
Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Gaiety Theatre Galley Museum Paragon Theatre Queenstown Oval

People of note

Mining

Books and
newspapers

Other

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