Melaleuca, Tasmania
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| Melaleuca Tasmania |
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| Population: | 2 [1] |
| Postcode: | none |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: with |
| LGA: | Huon Valley Council |
| State District: | Lyons |
| Federal Division: | Lyons |
Melaleuca is a remote location in the south-west area of Tasmania, Australia. Access is only via sea (from Port Davey) or by air.[2]
It currently serves as the main base in the area for aircraft that might attend to bushwalking and hiking issues in the remote South West Wilderness region of the state. The settlement consists of a couple of buildings and an airstrip. The permanent population is two.[1]
From the 1930s through to the area being incorporated into World Heritage status it had been the location of small mining ventures.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Behold the wine cask: epiphanies in Tasmania’s southwest wilderness. NineMSN. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ Visitors Guide to Tasmania's National Parks - Southwest National Park. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ King, C.D. and Fenton, J. Small Mining Settlements; pp. 48-53 in Gee, Helen and Fenton, Janet (eds) (1978) The South West Book: A Tasmanian Wilderness. Hawthorn, Vic: Australian Conservation Foundation. ISBN 0858020548; later edition, same title (1983) Sydney, NSW: William Collins Pty. Ltd., ISBN 0002173050; also Thwaites, J.B., King of the South-West (Jack King, tin miner at Melaleuca) pp. 57-60
