ZEEHAN
TASMANIA
Zeehan is located on the west coast of Tasmania just north of
Queenstown and Strahan and 139 kilometres south of Burnie. The town was named after
the nearby Mount Zeehan, which in turn was named by George Bass and Matthew
Flinders after Abel Tasman’s boat Zeehan which came by this area in 1642.
Zeehan was established as a mining town after the Zeehan-Dundas silver and lead
deposits were found by Frank Long, a prospector in 1882.A post office opened in
1888 and the town named Zeehan in 1890. Mining continued until the First World War
although lead mining continued until 1963. Once known as ‘Silver City” by 1910
it had a population of 10,000 and 20 hotels and rivalled both Hobart and Launceston
in size. Today it is essentially deserted but some old buildings have been
retained. For accomodaton stay in either Queenstown or Strahan
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