Lynchford is a locality and was a stopping place on the Mount Lyell railway to Strahan, to the south of Queenstown in the Queen River valley.[1]
It was in its early days a gold mine location.[2][3][4][5]
It is now a stopping place on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
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Station sequence
- Queenstown
- Lynchford
- Rinadeena
- Dubbil Barril
- Teepookana
- Regatta Point
Notes
- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/234996026?keyword=lynchford%20tasmania -townsite map of Lynchford 1900
- ^ "LYNCHFORD". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXX, no. 286. Tasmania. 1 December 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LYNCHFORD MINING NOTES". The Mercury. Vol. LXIII, no. 7555. Tasmania. 16 May 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Godden Mackay (1994), King River Mine - Lynchford : preliminary heritage assessment, retrieved 3 September 2021
- ^ Back-Tracks Heritage Consultants; Jackman, Greg (1995), King River Mine Site, Lynchford : draft conservation plan : report to Paraclete Resources Pty Ltd, s.n, retrieved 3 September 2021
42°07′01″S 145°31′40″E / 42.1169°S 145.5277°E
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