Mount Huxley (Tasmania) Explained

Mount Huxley
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Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Size:280
Elevation M:926
Location:West Coast, Tasmania, Australia
Range:West Coast Range
Coordinates:-42.14°N 145.59°W
Topo:Owen: 3833

Mount Huxley is a mountain located on the West Coast Range in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of above sea level, the mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 in honour of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.[1]

One of the smaller peaks in the West Coast Range, the mountain comprises a large 200m (700feet) outcrop and rock face on its southern side above the King River Gorge just west of the Crotty Dam – parts of which are visible along the river gorge from the West Coast Wilderness Railway where it commences following the King River.[1]

Goldfield

Between April and June 1894 there was a goldfield situated on the slopes, and a syndicate that was discovered to have salted the mine site, with three alleged proponents, Isaac Bertram Barker, William Price and Antonio Briscoe,[2] charged with fraud.[3] [4] [5] On 1 July the Crown Solicitor told a magistrate that while the mine had undoubtedly been salted, there was insufficient evidence, and the charges were withdrawn.[2]

Location and access

The mountain is located north of the King River Gorge and Crotty Dam and north of Mount Jukes; west of the Tofft River, Thureau Hills, and Lake Burbury; south of Mount Owen and Queenstown.

A very rough track approaches the mountain from the north, and from the south Queenstown area. The southern side is sheer cliff into the King River Gorge.

See also

Further reading

. Geoffrey Blainey. . 6th . St. David's Park Publishing . Hobart. 2000. 0-7246-2265-9.

. Charles Whitham. Western Tasmania – A land of riches and beauty. Reprint 2003. Municipality of Queenstown. Queenstown. 2003.

External links

Notes and References

  1. The West Coast Range, Tasmania: Mountains and Geological Giants . 1–13 . 0080-4703 . Baillie, Peter . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 144 . 2010 . . Hobart, Tasmania . reprint . 18 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150616083904/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15988/1/baillie-west-coast-range-2010.pdf . 16 June 2015 . dead .
  2. News: THE MOUNT HUXLEY CASE – NO EVIDENCE TO OFFER – ACCUSED DISCHARGED. . . Hobart, Tasmania . 2 July 1894 . 20 August 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLDFIELD. . . Melbourne . 22 June 1894 . 4 June 2012 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: TASMANIA. . . Perth . 8 June 1894 . 4 June 2012 . 22 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: THE MOUNT HUXLEY GOLD-FIELD. . . Melbourne . 6 July 1894 . 4 June 2012 . 5 . National Library of Australia.