Lake Dora (Tasmania)
| Lake Dora | |
|---|---|
| Location | Western Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 41°57′S 145°39′E / 41.950°S 145.650°E |
| Basin countries | Australia |
Lake Dora is a lake and also short-lived mining area of the late 1890s located in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania. It has a surface level at 756m.
It has two adjacent tarns just west of it, Maxfield and Michael Tarns, and numerous unnamed smaller lakes and water features.[1]
The nearest named features are Walford Peak (1009m) north west (approximately 1 km) and Farquhar Lookout (935m) (3 km) south west. It is 7 km north north west of Eldon Peak
Located east of the Mount Tyndall area, it was the site of a transient gold-mining rush in the late 1890s. Lake Dora is not generally accessible by road, but only via trails or by helicopter.
It lies north of Lake Spicer - into which it drains.
Charles Whitham wrote of the mining rush:[2][3] Lake Dora, Royal Dora, Lady Dora, North Dora, and, of course Dora Reward. The Government put in a good track from Mount Read, with a telephone line (1897).
See also
Notes
- ^ Kirkpatrick, JB (1975), Plant species diversity of the Lake Dora Islands, Tasmania, retrieved 24 May 2016
- ^ "THE WEST COAST OF TASMANIA". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "TASMANIA". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
References
- Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
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