Queenstown Oval, Tasmania
| Queenstown Oval | |
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| Location | Queenstown, Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 42°4′33″S 146°33′34″E / 42.07583°S 146.55944°ECoordinates: 42°4′33″S 146°33′34″E / 42.07583°S 146.55944°E |
| Opened | 1880 |
| Surface | Gravel |
| Construction cost | Unknown |
| Architect | Various |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
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| Queenstown Crows Football Club | |
Queenstown Oval, built in 1880, is an infamous gravel playing surface in Queenstown located on the west coast of Tasmania. The ground has a main concrete grandstand and a total capacity of 5,000.
Queenstown Oval was the grand final venue for the now extinct Western Tasmanian Football Association [1] for nearly a century and is currently the home ground for the local Queenstown Crows in the Darwin Football Association.
The ground was the first ground in Tasmanian that had a siren installed to signal the start and end of each quarter, with the siren being borrowed from the Mt Lyell Mines.[2][3]
The Queenstown Oval was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
There is a subtle reference to the ground's gravel playing surface in Jamie Cooper's Tasmania's Team of the Century painting, with gravel visible in the knees of Queenstown-born Australian football legend Ian Stewart.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Most football relics - jumpers, colours and flags from the closed cubs are held in the Galley Museum in Queenstown
- ^ "Queenstown Oval". Australian Stadiums. http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=219. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "Around Queenstown". Queenstown Motor Lodge. http://www.queenstownmotorlodge.com.au/queenstown.html. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ JCAP, Tasmania's Team of the Century, retrieved 25th September 2010
