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A view across Macquarie Harbour (Mount Jukes at rear).
A view across Macquarie Harbour (Mount Jukes at rear). Mount Jukes is a mountain in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.

Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, inlet on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. See also West Coast Council for the local government of the region Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

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History

James Kelly entered on the 28th December 1815, however Charles Whitham (see below, p. James Kelly (1791-1859 Australian mariner explorer and port official was born on 24 December 1791 at Parramatta, New South Wales. Charles Whitham Author of the oft reprinted Western Tasmania A land of Riches and Beauty - which was a comprehensive study of the geographical features of West Coast 110) discovered variations on this date. Surveyor-General Oxley of New South Wales in March 1820 battled with the seas around the heads and Hells Gates. Surveyor-General Evans travelled in the area in 1821-22. The harbour was established as a prison which was a place of "extreme physical and mental torture" (Flannery, 1994, ch28). [1] It was built for British convicts but many Irish patriots and Tasmanian Aborigines were also detained there. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The Tasmanian Aborigines ( Aboriginal name Palawa) are the indigenous people of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Flannery (1994) explains how inmates would occasionally murder each other which inevitably led to their execution and subsequent removal from the prison. [1]

Rivers

The King River which cuts through the West Coast Range and the Gordon River empty into Macquarie Harbour. The King River is a river on the West Coast of Tasmania. Upper reaches It rises in the vicinity of the Eldon Range, passes through the The West Coast Range ( of Tasmania is a group of mountains in the West Coast area of Tasmania in Australia that lies to the west of the The Gordon River is one of the major rivers of Tasmania, Australia. The narrow entrance to Macquarie Harbour has hazardous tidal currents and is called Hell's Gates. Hell's Gates is also the name of a gorge on the Davey River in the south west region of Tasmania Outside of the Harbour the entrance area is known as Macquarie Heads, and the most western point is Cape Sorell. The sheer volume of fresh water that pours into the Harbour through the rivers, combined with the narrow exit result in barometric tides. When there is rain in the mountains surrounding the Harbour, the tide rises, and it falls when the atmospheric pressure reverses and results in less rain.

The Queen River - King River and Macquarie Harbour were all polluted by mine waste from the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company until its closing in 1994. Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on the 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell. It is estimated that 100 million tonnes of tailings were disposed of into the Queen River. Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program which was carried out by the office of Supervising Scientist and the Tasmanian Department of Environment and Land Management over the following two years. Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program Was a joint program between the Supervising Scientist Australia and the Department of Environment and Land The result of the program is there are much reduced wastes that might enter the rivers or harbour any more.

Settlements

The first settlement at Macquarie Harbour was on Sarah Island, a small island in the harbour. The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station was an early penal settlement in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) Australia. This island was used as a prison for recalcitrant prisoners from other settlements in Tasmania, due to its extreme isolation and extreme climate. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass

Later the small port of Strahan was developed on the shores of Macquarie Harbour to support the nearby mining settlements, mainly Queenstown. Strahan (pronounced "straw-n" is a small town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Queenstown is a town near the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, Australia. Another port was developed on the south east section of the harbour in Kelly Basin which had the townsite of Pillinger, the settlement and port were short lived as was the company that developed the facilities - North Mount Lyell. Kelly Basin is a bay on the south eastern side of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. Pillinger Tasmania is an abandoned port and townsite in Kelly Basin, on the south eastern side of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania North Mount Lyell was the name of a mine mining company locality (sometimes as North Lyell) and former railway near Gormanston on the West Coast

Named Features

Salmon farm in Macquarie Harbour.
Salmon farm in Macquarie Harbour.
Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour.
Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour. The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station was an early penal settlement in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) Australia.
Birch's Inlet - at south west end of harbour
Bird River - mouth in Kelly Basin
Bonnet Island - in Kelly Channel at entrance to harbour (42° 13ˡ S, 145° 14ˡ E}
Braddon River - mouth on mid-eastern shore
Entrance Island - at entrance to harbour (42° 12ˡ S, 145° 14ˡ E)
Farm Cove - at south east side
Gould Point - adjacent to Farm Cove
Gordon River - mouth on south eastern end of harbour
Hell's Gates - mouth at north west end of harbour
Kelly Basin - port/town at southern end of harbour - also named Pillinger
Kelly Channel - at entrance to harbour
King River - mouth at north east of harbour
Lettes Bay - between Regatta Point and King River mouth
Liberty Point - on mid western shore
Long Bay - south of Regatta Point
Philips Island - adjacent to mouth of Braddon River on east shore
Pine Cove - just south of the King River Mouth
Regatta Point - eastern side of Risby Cove
Risby Cove - water between Strahan Harbour and Regatta Point
Rum Point - on western shore south of Sarah Island
Sarah Island - in southern part of Harbour
Sophia Point - on mid-eastern shore
Strahan Harbour - from Strahan Point parallel to 'The Esplanade'
Swan Basin - near Hell's Gates

Tourism

Today Strahan is the base for tourism on the west coast. The Gordon River is one of the major rivers of Tasmania, Australia. Hell's Gates is also the name of a gorge on the Davey River in the south west region of Tasmania Kelly Basin is a bay on the south eastern side of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. The King River is a river on the West Coast of Tasmania. Upper reaches It rises in the vicinity of the Eldon Range, passes through the Regatta Point is the location of a port in West Coast Tasmania, Australia Port Regatta Point is often assumed into the name of the locality across The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station was an early penal settlement in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) Australia. The West Coast Wilderness Railway takes part of the north eastern shore of the Harbour, before turning inland at the mouth of the King River. The West Coast Wilderness Railway Tasmania is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway between Queenstown and Regatta Point

Boats take tourists to Hell's Gates and Macquarie Heads, Sarah Island and up the lower reaches of the Gordon River. Also charter flights utilise Strahan Airport for helicopter and fixed wing flights. Strahan Airport is an Airport located 3 km west of Strahan, Tasmania, Australia.

False colour Landsat image centred on Macquarie Harbour, looking northwestt, draped over digital elevation model with x2 vertical exaduration; screen capture from the NASA World Wind

False colour Landsat image centred on Macquarie Harbour, looking southeast, draped over digital elevation model with x2 vertical exaduration; screen capture from the NASA World Wind

References

2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose The Amazon Standard Identification Number ( ASIN) is a unique identification number assigned by Amazon OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC
  1. ^ a b Flannery, T.F. (1994) The Future Eaters: An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people Chatswood: New South Wales ISBN 0802139434

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The West Coast of Tasmania has a significant convict heritage During the late 18th and 19th centuries large numbers of Convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government
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