Driffield Street, Queenstown Explained

Driffield Street, Queenstown is the main north to south street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.

It commences at a junction with Lyell Highway,^[1] and runs parallel to the railway station, railway yard and railway as far as Henry Street.^[2]

It is also the location of the Galley Museum,^[3] and the Queenstown Library (also known as the Robert Carl Sticht Memorial library).^{[4] [5]}

The prominent Empire Hotel is on the corner of Orr Street. It is also the location of St Martin's Hall.^[6]

In the era of the operations of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company it was the location of retail businesses run by the company, as well as the railway.^[7]

See also

• Main Street, Zeehan

Notes and References

1. older maps would indicate Penghana Road as the western part of junction, and Batchelor Street rather than Lyell Highway see- for instance
2. however some cartographic indicators on digital maps show Driffield street join with Conlan street – Google maps, for instance
3. Web site: Australian Web Archive. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090610063000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/100781/20090610-1630/hosting.collectionsaustralia.net/foundmade/instquery48f548f5.html. dead. 2009-06-10.
4. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20161122234700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/133629/20161123-1047/monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/103981-robert-sticht.html{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
5. News: West Coast "MAY NOT BE ALIVE" . . XCVII . 100 . Tasmania, Australia . 8 July 1938 . 2 April 2017 . 3 (DAILY) . National Library of Australia.
6. News: SPRING FLOWER SHOW AT QUEENSTOWN . . Tasmania. 19 September 1938 . 2 April 2017 . 8 (DAILY) . National Library of Australia.
7. News: GENERAL NEWS ITEMS . . CXXIV . 18,174 . Tasmania. 28 January 1926 . 2 April 2017 . 4 . National Library of Australia.