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Queenstown, TasmaniaQueenstown is a town on the West coast of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It has a population of 2200 people as of 2003. Historically it was a mining town. The area was first explored in 1862. It was long after that when alluvial gold was discovered at Mount Lyell, prompting the formation of the Mount Lyell Gold Mining Company in 1881. In 1892, the mine began searching for copper. The mountains surrounding Queenstown, once covered in plant life, are now bare and stained by sulphur fumes from the mining processes. Today, the town and surrounds are becoming increasingly attractive to tourists. Queenstown is the home of the ABT Wilderness Railway, which travels through rainforest gullies to the nearby coastal village of Strahan.
For other places by the same name, see Queenstown.
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