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	Queenstown, Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queenstown is a town on the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, Australia.
		Typical of the successions that occur in fire affected areas in Western Tasmania, the low shrubbery that has revegetated adjacent to hillside creeks is an early stage of recovery for the ecology of the region.
		Queenstown is the home of the West Coast Wilderness Railway, which travels southwards alongside the Queen River, and then along the northern slopes of the King River to the port of Strahan in Macquarie Harbour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queenstown,_Tasmania (482 words)

	Queenstown, Tasmania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown is a town on the West coast of the island of (An Australian state on the island of Tasmania) Tasmania, (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia.
		The mountains surrounding Queenstown, once covered in plant life, are now bare and stained by sulphur fumes from the mining processes.
		Queenstown is the home of the ABT Wilderness Railway, which travels through rainforest gullies to the nearby coastal village of (Click link for more info and facts about Strahan) Strahan.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/queenstown,_tasmania.htm (219 words)

	Tour of Tasmania: Queenstown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown sprang up in no time as a typical "frontier town", but in recent years has been somewhat more subdued, with the future of the Mt. Lyell mine repeatedly being questioned.
		The hills around Queenstown were stripped of timber to fuel copper smelters, and rain subsequently eroded the soil, leaving the purple and gold rock exposed.
		Queenstown is approximately a 4:00 drive from Hobart, 3:30 from Launceston and 2:30 from Burnie.
	www.tased.edu.au /tot/w/queenstown.html (261 words)

	Walkabout - Queenstown
		Queenstown, its hills stripped of timber to fire the local copper smelters and permanently denuded by the noisome sulphurous fumes which belch from the smelters, is a surreal nightmare.
		Located 6 km from Queenstown (ask at Lyell Tours for directions) it was the original mining settlement being established in 1881 by miners and growing rapidly with the discovery of Iron Blow.
		It is located 8 km from Queenstown and is well worth a visit by people interested in seeing how towns, once they have outlived their usefulness, simply die.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/TASQueenstown.shtml (1430 words)

	MILESAGO - Features - Lake Pedder
		The dream was to transform Tasmania from a sleepy rural economy, reliant on apples, hops and fish, into a modern industrial dynamo, pumping out cheap, clean, and supposedly inexhaustible power that would attract major industry to the state.
		The west of Tasmania is mostly covered by dense forest, but driving into Queenstown reveals a dramatic change in the landscape -- for miles in all directions around the mine and the town, the hills are totally bare of all vegetation.
		Tasmania now has more power than it knows what to do with, with a surplus capacity of some 130 megawatts, and the hoped-for industrialisation has largely failed to materialise.
	www.geocities.com /milesago2001/lake-pedder.htm (3772 words)

	Queenstown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queenstown is the name of several places in the world including:
		Queenstown, Ireland is the former name of Cobh.
		Queenstown, New Zealand, a resort town in New Zealand's South Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Queenstown (116 words)

	Travelinfodownunder - Free quality Travel Information & Travel Tips,
		Queenstown (pop ~3400) is the largest town in western Tasmania.
		The development of Queenstown and the West Coast are featured in more than 900 photographs displayed in the 23 rooms of this museum.
		There are also items of household equipment and personal effects, old documents, coins, cameras from the 1930s, a display of early theatre projectors, antique mantel clocks, a collection of kerosene lamps, medallions, badges and chinaware featuring the Royal Family from Queen Victoria to the present.
	travelinfodownunder.com.au /queenstown.php (662 words)

	Tasmania West Coast travel guide - Australian Tourism Net
		Queenstown is the major town on the West Coast and started its life as a mining town over 100 years ago.
		The hills surrounding Queenstown resemble a moonscape, a result of the once thick forests being cut down to fuel the copper smelter, whose sulphur fumes killed the remaining vegetation and stained the slopes.
		Corinna is one of the most fascinating spots in Tasmania with spectacular wilderness scenery and excellent trout fishing in the Pieman River.
	www.atn.com.au /tassi/towns-a.htm (528 words)

	Queenstown -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Queenstown lies on the Lyell Highway, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of the port of Strahan and 155 miles (250 km) northwest of Hobart.
		Queenstown is a regional administrative and cultural centre with state educational institutions, particularly for girls, and scenic public gardens.
		Formed southeast of Queenstown by the junction of the White Kei (Wit Kei) and the Black Kei (Swart Kei) rivers, it flows approximately 140 miles (225 km) southeast to the Indian Ocean.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062223?tocId=9062223 (572 words)

	Hobart car hire car Hobart ™ Cheap hire car in Tasmania
		Tasmania is a relativle small island enabling you to see a lot of the state within a short time frame.
		Petrol and diesel fuel in Tasmania currently costs between AUD $1.10 and AUD $1.25 per litre however it can be higher in country and remote areas.
		On the highway or open road drivers must stay in the left lane unless overtaking (right lane is for overtaking vehicles.) Please take care when driving on unfa,iliar roads and note that crossing the centre line of the road on a blind crest or a curve is strictly prohibited.
	www.locostautorent.com /driving.htm (1067 words)

	‘THESE BLARSTED HILLS’:
		To the south and southwest the forest presses closely - to the east and northeast, by contrast - the area of the mine lease - is a bare, mountainous expanse, a ‘lunar landscape’ nationally infamous as the epitome of an era of mining characterised by gross environmental irresponsibility.
		Queenstown is a compact little town of red-roofed houses, white streets, and rounded contours, nestling in an amphitheatre at the foot of Mt. Owen.
		It is thus possible that Queenstown may be the harbinger of a quite new place politics, one that will lead away from the agenda of green concerns and values within which it currently tends to lodge.
	www.geol.utas.edu.au /geography/staff/prhay/qtowm.htm (4910 words)

	Mt Lyell Motor Inn, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown, Tasmania is an ideal overnight location on Tasmania’s West Coast.
		The reconstructed ABT Railway between Queenstown and Strahan on Tasmania’s West Coast offers one of the world’s great railway journeys.
		Queenstown Tasmania is the natural West Coast alternative.
	www.mtlyellmotorinn.com.au (266 words)

	Queenstown, Tasmania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown es una ciudad en la costa del oeste de la isla de Tasmania, Australia.
		Las montañas que rodean Queenstown, cubierto una vez en vida de planta, ahora son peladas y manchadas por los humos del sulfuro de los procesos que minan.
		Queenstown es el hogar del ferrocarril del yermo de ABT, que viaja a través de las regueras ma's rainforest a la aldea costera próxima de Strahan.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/qu/Queenstown,%20Tasmania.htm (164 words)

	Traveljournals.net - Fantassietastic! - Having a Devil of a Time, Queenstown, Sheffield - Tasmania, Australia
		The route cross-country from Coles Bay to Queenstown seemed straightforward enough, and for the first hour that proved to be the case.
		We were rewarded with pnoramic views which included the Lake, the rugged mountains of North West Tasmania and, to the northeast, the unmistakable outline of Cradle Mountain.
		We were due to sail on the Spirit of Tasmania II Ferry at 9pm that night so we had along day ahead of us in Devonport.
	www.traveljournals.net /stories/3396.html (1824 words)

	hotels in Queenstown – Tasmania Hotels – Best Rate Hotels
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	www.transcanadaweb.com /Australia/Tasmania/Queenstown.html (670 words)

	Media Releases
		The recent Trade Fair held at TAFE Tasmania’s Queenstown campus, was conducted by the students as a simulated fair with all participants issued with ‘virtual money’.
		Manager of TAFE Tasmania’s Business Studies on the West Coast, Ms Jan Edwards, believes practice firms are the most effective way for students to learn skills, “With this practical approach, students are able to learn the skills first hand.
		We currently have two students from Queenstown who are using their skills to open their own business with support from the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme,” Ms Edwards said.
	www.tafe.tas.edu.au /institute/media_releases/mediareleases_detailed.asp?ID=122 (280 words)

	Queenstown, Tasmania - Travelmate
		Queenstown, the largest town on Tasmania’s west coast, essentially owes its existence to mining.
		Minerals and gold were discovered in the area in the 1880s and the town grew rapidly.
		Trees growing on the surrounding hills were cut down to fuel smelters and then the topsoil was washed away by the area's heavy rainfall, leaving the bare, coloured rocks and odd, lunar landscape we see today.
	www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=1115 (287 words)

	EDGE of Insanity - Tasmania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The hills around Queenstown on Tasmania's west rate high as a tourist attraction because of the unique colours.
		It is a chance for Tasmania to truly present the best to the world.
		Gunns Ltd now controls 80% of Tasmania's forestry operations It is all but impossible to obtain accurate logging figures due to "commercial in confidence" excuses which makes educated debate practically impossible.
	icc.homedns.org /edge/Tassie.htm (698 words)

	State Library of Tasmania - Queenstown Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown Library is situated on the west coast of Tasmania in the town of Queenstown, 180kms south of Burnie.
		The Queenstown area began as a gold mining area in the 1880's, and by the 1890's they had also commenced the mining of copper, which it still mines to this present day.
		In the 1960's the historic Abt Railway system, which linked Queenstown and Strahan, ceased operation, but work is currently being undertaken to reconstruct the railway as a tourist venture.
	www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au /branch/queenstown.htm (329 words)

	Silver Hills Motel - Queenstown - Discover Tasmania
		Glorious views of the rugged mountains surrounding the historic mining town of Queenstown can be viewed from this modern motel.
		Both ground floor and multi-storey accommodation is available and if staying in our Deluxe or Executive Rooms on the first and second floors, you will enjoy magnificent mountain views whilst listening to the tranquil sound of our spring running down the silver hills behind the motel.
		Visit the Galley Museum to view the history of Queenstown dating back to the turn of the 20th Century when it enjoyed the wealth of the mining era.
	www.discovertasmania.com.au /home/product.cfm?productid=782 (411 words)

	Tour of Tasmania: Zeehan
		(pop ~1200) is 30 min drive from Queenstown in Tasmania's west.
		Silver-lead deposits resulted in a boom period for the town late last century; at one stage it had a 26 hotels and a population of around 10,000, making it Tasmania's third largest town.
		It is possible to walk along the old mine railway from Zeehan to Queenstown.
	www.tourtasmania.com /content.php?id=zeehan (168 words)

	Hotels, accommodaton and tours in Queenstown and Strahan West Tasmania
		This picturesque historic west coast fishing village is the perfect base for exploring Tasmania's wilderness, with Gordon River Cruises and West Coast Wilderness Railway right at your doorstep.
		The Hilltop Motel Strahan Village is situated on the Esplanade, right in the heart of the Strahan city centre in Australia.
		NW Tasmania accommodation - Cradle Mountain, Sheffield, Burnie, Stanley and Zeehan
	www.bcl.com.au /Hobart/tasswhotels.htm (627 words)

	Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in 1881, Queenstown is the mining centre of the West Coast.
		One of the main tourist attractions is the ABT Railway, built to carry copper and supplies between Queenstown and Strahan and now restored to its former glory.
		The historic ABT Railway, which runs between Queenstown and Regatta Point at Strahan, taking in the Lychford Gold Mine and Rinadeena Gemstone Mine during the 35km journey.
	www.jasons.com /000598,AUS,TAS,STRAHAN,QUEENSTO,PG,1,.mel#scroll_ (290 words)

	Chancellor Inn Queenstown Queenstown Northern Tasmania Hotels & Accommodation - Dawsons.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Situated in Queenstown on Tasmania’s wild west coast, the Chancellor Inn Queenstown is an ideal base from which to explore the awe-inspiring west coast region with its amazing history, extraordinary scenery and opportunities for adventure.
		Information about Queenstown: Queenstown is a copper and goldmining town surrounded by undulating hills.
		The Galley Museum is located in Queenstown's first brick hotel, the Imperial (1898).
	www.dawsons.com.au /Accommodation/AustraliaNewZealand/Australia/Tasmania/NorthernTasmania/ChancellorInnQueenstown (143 words)

	Accomodation Queenstown Tasmania Australia. Great accomodation in queenstown australia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Approaching the town of Queenstown you can't help but be taken aback by the sight of the barren hillsides, hauntingly bare yet strangely beautiful.
		Although Queenstown is primarily a mining town, it is also a very popular tourist destination offering visitors unique sightseeing.
		All the accomodation is star rated to help you select the perfect place to stay whether it be a budget motel, luxury B&B, business hotel or family caravan park.
	www.accommodationguide.com.au /sitemap/racv_/Tasmanian-Centres-queenstown.shtm (233 words)

	"Queenstown - Tasmania" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Regrowth is beginning to reclaim the 'moonscape' hills around Queenstown that resulted from the combination of rain, mining, timber cutting and bushfires.
		Mining has been in mainstay for more than a century, with displays from the past and tours of present mine operations being essential for visitors wanting to gain an appreciation of the colourful, historical town.
		Tours of Mt Lyell Company surface mine operations and the company's museum, Queenstown photographic collection in the Old Imperial Hotel, Miners Siding and, farther afield, the Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, which is part of the World Heritage Area and can be accessed from the Lyell Highway about 50km east of Queenstown.
	www.wilmap.com.au /queenstown.html (384 words)

	Queenstown Hotels Tasmania Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown hotels Tasmania Australia from China Seas Travel.
		Accommodation / places to stay in Queenstown Tasmania Australia TS AU.
		Long before the famous movie starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, and even long before Crosbie Garstin wrote his eponymous classic novel, the words "China Seas" have conjured images of exotic travel and adventure.
	www.chinaseas.com /hotels/Queenstown1.html (78 words)

	OptusNet News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Queenstown on Tasmania's west coast remains isolated this morning, with sections of both the Murchison and Lyell highways closed.
		Many schools throughout Tasmania will be closed for the day.
		Tasmania's main employer group says workers who cannot make it to work because of the weather should receive a sympathetic hearing.
	www.optusnet.com.au /news/story/abc/20050811/09/regional/tas/all/1434970.inp (363 words)

	Tasmania Online: Home > Search results
		This search is provided by Tasmania Online, a State Library of Tasmania listing of all Tasmanian web sites.
		"Queenstown, the Commerce Centre of Tasmania's West Coast, site of some of the richest mineral fields in the world, is adjacent to pristine Wilderness and has a long and colourful history of pioneering firsts."
		In Queenstown on Tasmania's west coast, bed and breakfast accommodation in a fine National Trust mansion
	www.tas.gov.au /Search/AllGovSearch.asp?Catalogue=RDS&Keywords=QUEENSTOWN&scope=all&x=19&y=7 (480 words)

	2005 Population Figures for Queenstown, Guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rock, Niagra Falls and bungee 102m in Queenstown, and we...
		9,401 for Queenstown, Guyana is based on a number of factors and sources.
		Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- actual figures can be obtained from the U.N. and government sources.
	travel.synabu.com /cities/Q/Queenstown,_Guyana.html (460 words)

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