Dundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is now part of the locality of
Zeehan

Zeehan, Tasmania

Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies southwest of Burnie. At the 2006 census, Zeehan had a population of 845. It is part of the Municipality of West Coast....

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The town was located 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read

Mount Read (Tasmania)

Mount Read is a mountain in Tasmania, Australia, that is at the north west edge of what is known as the West Coast RangeAs colourful a history as that of Mount Lyell, Mount Read has had mines, settlements and other activities on its slopes for over a hundred years.The main copper and gold ore...

 township. The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas

Mount Dundas- Zeehan Railway

Mount Dundas- Zeehan RailwayThe Dundas to Zeehan railway line was a seven mile long railway line on the West Coast of Tasmania.- Operation :...

 railway connection.

The newspaper the Zeehan and Dundas Herald

Zeehan and Dundas Herald

The Zeehan and Dundas Herald was a newspaper for the West Coast Tasmania community, based in Zeehan and Dundas from 1890 to 1922....

 (1902–1922) was one of the more significant newspapers of the west coast during its operation.

The Adelaide Mine near Dundas was the location of special specimens of Crocoite

Crocoite

Crocoite is a mineral consisting of lead chromate, PbCrO4, and crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system. It is sometimes used as a paint, being identical in composition with the artificial product chrome yellow. It was discovered at Berezovsky deposit near Ekaterinburg in the Urals in 1766;...

 and other rare minerals. Dundasite

Dundasite

Dundasite is a rare lead aluminium carbonate mineral. The mineral is named after the type locality, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. The mineral was first discovered in the Adelaide Proprietary Mine. Dundasite was first described by William Frederick Petterd in 1893.Dundasite is an uncommon secondary...

 is named after Dundas.

See also

• Mount Dundas, Tasmania
  Mount Dundas (Tasmania)
  Mount Dundas is a mountain in Tasmania, Australia, that is at the north west edge of what is known as the West Coast RangeAs colourful a history as that of Mount Lyell, Mount Dundas has had a range of mines and railways within its vicinity....
  
  
• West Coast Tasmania Mines
• Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
  Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
  The history of the Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were created, and the unique nature of most of the lines...
  
  

Further reading — specific

• Bottrill, R.S., Williams, P., Dohnt, S., Sorrell, S. and Kemp, N.R. 2006. Crocoite and associated minerals from Dundas and other locations in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, (Dundas Issue) 12, 59-90
• Bottrill, R. S. (2000) New minerals from old deposits: The Dundas Mineral Field, Tasmania in Abstracts Minerals and Museums 2000: 4th seminar. Melbourne, Victoria, June 2000.
• Reid, A. McIntosh. & Tasmania. (1925) The Dundas mineral field Dept. of Mines, Hobart, Tasmania.
• Tilley, Wilberton. (1891) The wild west of Tasmania : being a description of the silver fields of Zeehan and DundasEvershed Bros., Zeehan, Tas. : Dundas, Tas. :

Further reading — region

• Haupt, J., 1988: Minerals of Western Tasmania. Mineralogical Record, Australia Issue, 196, 381-388
• 2003 edition — Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
• 1949 edition — Hobart: Davies Brothers. ; ASIN
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• 1924 edition — Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. ; ASIN
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