Mount King William (Tasmania)

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Mount King William is a mountain adjacent to the Lyell Highway in Central Highlands, Tasmania.[1] It is located 10 km south west of Derwent Bridge.

It is often a reference point for the 'end' of the habited part of the western section of Lyell Highway as there are no permanent structures until Lindaas it is inside the eastern boundary of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.

There is also a Lake King William south of Derwent Bridge that is dammed at Butlers Gorge at its south end.

It was named during the journey of Sir John Franklin's journey to the west in 1842.[2]

W.C.Piguenit painted it while on his journey with the members of the party that travelled through the area in the 1880's.

[edit] Historical photograph

[edit] References

  1. ^ Map 15 of the Tasmanian Towns Street Atlas Edition 7, (1995) Tasmap
  2. ^ Gee, H.M. Governor Franklin's Journey, 1842 in the South West Book p.37 - the party named King Williams Mount and King William Plains after the reigning monarch of the day
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