Engineer Range (Tasmania)
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Engineer Range is a mountain range in Western Tasmania, Australia. It is located to the south east of Lake Burbury
and occurs in the western edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area which includes the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
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The range runs south east of the main line of the West Coast Range and runs between the Andrew River and Franklin River
- south of Mount Fincham. The nearest tracks or view points of the range have been the former Hydro Mount McCall track. Its lower sides adjacent to the rivers were historically locations for West Coast Piners
to seek out stands of Huon Pine
Lake Burbury
Lake Burbury is a man-made lake created by the Crotty Dam made by Hydro Tasmania inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range. It has a surface area of 54 square kilometres....
and occurs in the western edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area which includes the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 117 km west of Hobart. It is named after the two main river systems lying within the bounds of the park - the Franklin River and the Gordon River.- Location :...
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The range runs south east of the main line of the West Coast Range and runs between the Andrew River and Franklin River
Franklin River
The Franklin River lies in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park at the mid northern area of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Its source is situated at the western edge of the Central Highlands and it continues west towards the West Coast of Tasmania...
- south of Mount Fincham. The nearest tracks or view points of the range have been the former Hydro Mount McCall track. Its lower sides adjacent to the rivers were historically locations for West Coast Piners
West Coast Piners
West Coast Piners were groups of men who worked on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia, logging Huon pine. In most cases they used Strahan as their base, as it was the port from which the timber was shipped. The main eras of the Piners were the Sarah Island convict era and the period from the...
to seek out stands of Huon Pine
Further reading
- Gee, H and Fenton, J. (Eds) (1978) The South West BookThe South West BookThe South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness is a book published by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 1978 during concern following the damming of Lake Pedder in Tasmania....
- A Tasmanian Wilderness Hawthorn, Vic. : Australian Conservation Foundation, 1978. ISBN 0858020548 (Paperback)
External links
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service