Frank Long

This article is about the Tasmanian prospector. For the American writer, see Frank Belknap Long.

Frank Long was a trackcutter and prospector. In 1882 he discovered the Zeehan-Dundas silver-lead field on the West Coast of Tasmania.

He had been part of Charles Sprent's Mount Heemskirk expedition in 1876 – and was known as a hardy and strong bushman.

He was Tasmanian – having been born to ex-convicts in Launceston in approximately 1844. His later years were affected by rheumatism and alcoholism.

Photograph

http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Search/Search.asp?Letter=F&Title=Frank+Long%2C+the+discoverer+of+Zeehan+silver+fields

Further reading

Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
Haygarth, N. Frank Long in Alexander (ed.) The Companion to Tasmanian History. 2005. ISBN 1-86295-223-X p. 220

See also

Thomas Bather Moore

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