Zeehan

Feb. 5th, 2014 07:23 pm
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This is Zeehan.

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There is something that fascinates me about this town, ever since my first visit ten years ago. We'd come through Tullah, and stopped at Rosbery for some photos. Then we're driving along the main street of Zeehan, which is rather long, but not unlike the other towns with miners cottages and the occasional hotel or small shop, until we get to--

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Zeehan

Jul. 19th, 2008 04:38 pm
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Zeehan, the silver city. This is somewhere I'd like to go back to one day to get some better photos.

Main street, from other direction

In the 1880s, silver and lead deposits were discovered and the town grew, quickly. One book I have tells me the population in 1908 was 10,000. Other sources give similar figures. Do I sound surprised? Those other sources tell me that in 1900, Launceston's population was 18,000 and Hobart's was 25,000. That was one big town out on the far west coast, a city indeed.

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We left Launceston about 9 am, heading west. Destination -- the rugged west coast.
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