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Tasmanian Mining, Manufacturing and Energy

Locality: Burnie, Tasmania

Address: 13 Wellington Street 7320 Burnie, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 Day 6 of the Tassie's Better With Balance. Challenge 2020 - The track that we are currently walking on was an Aboriginal route that they used to access the grass plains which are now under Lake Rowallan. Then in the late 1830's Humphrey Howells from Bothwell used the same route to access the 'paddocks'. He end up grazing land around what is now Lake McKenzie. But he did show another grazier a place suitable for summer grazing. His name was Thomas Johnson and lived near Howell...s at Bothwell. He built a hut near Wild dog creek around 1838 and you can still see the remains of the chimney. There were many grazing leases in the area, the Fields from Westbury had large holdings in the 'Walls' Another lease was held by Vin Walters and in the 1930's he and Boy Miles would drive cattle from the Devonport area to graze land just above Trappers hut. WWII broke out and Boy Miles went to the war. Upon his return, to earn a quid he went trapping in the Walls and that is how the current hut was built. The design is based on Jack Linanes, from Wilmot, skin sheds. The were designed to be 'Leaky" as to say to allow the air to circulate to dry the skins as one off the biggest problems was the skins would get damp, the hair would fall out of the pelt and end up covered in mildew making them worthless as the were exported mainly to Europe to be tanned. Many a farm was bought from trapping animals on the highlands of Tasmania. See more

21.01.2022 TMEC is proud to have coordinated and supported this years Tassie’s Better Balance, Challenge 2020 charity event. As participants prepare for the final day of this epic event, it is timely to reinforce the event message. Life Is better with balance, look out for you mates and check in with them. Be active, look after yourself and enjoy this state. Remember all funds raised go to support The Salvation Army Tasmania. Thanks to all the sponsors of this epic event.

19.01.2022 Day 1 of the Tassie's Better With Balance, Challenge will see the participants head through the Blue Tier in North East Tasmania. Thanks to our TMEC members for sharing the amazing history of the region. The Blue Tier is one of my favorite places, first for the tranquility and the sense of peace and secondly for the enormous amount of history in the area. The first Europeans to visit the area were prospectors who discovered tin on what was to be known as Full Moon Creek (bec...ause it was a full moon when the tin was discovered) in 1875. This area of the Tier was very rich with various mines in the area up until the 1930s, firstly alluvial mining and then hard rock; the hard rock miners all went bust. The best known hard rock mine on top of the Tier was the Michael mine on the side of Mt Michael. Mining continued on and off on top of the Blue Tier up until the 1980s. It is mountain bike central now. Poimena was the only township on the top of the Tier and was first known as Upper Junction or Blue Tier Junction. By 1878 the town boasted a hotel, two temperance hotels, blacksmith, butcher shop, three stores and a number of cottages. A school was opened in 1887 but closed in 1897 when mining on the Tier had wound down and Lottah was opening up. Before then the children at Lottah had to walk up to the Poimena School and after 1897 the boot was on the other foot. In later years there was a dairy farm in the Poimena area. The main reason for Lottah’s existence was the Anchor mine. The Anchor commenced as an alluvial operation around 1880 and turned into the largest hard rock mine in the Blue Tier area. Lottah followed the fortunes of the Anchor mine with its population going up and down with the fortunes of the Anchor. Lottah as a township existed until 1950 when the last building was moved to St Helens. The first permanent resident moved back to the township in 1976. See more

17.01.2022 It is time to tell our story. TMEC is excited to start our industries campaign of Opening Hearts and Minds. The link below was shared during last weeks Members Dinner and AGM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hH4SU9EpcE

11.01.2022 Day 2 of the Tassie's Better with Balance Challenge we see us pass through Upper Scamander and St Mary's. Upper Scamander is a relatively new name because the whole area was originally known as Scamander. In the early days of settlement all there was at Scamander was a bridge, (the first one built in 1875) stables for the coach and a silver mine on the south side of the river. The first private property block was to Kemp in 1837 and this was on the coast with the river as it...s northern boundary. The first settlers at Upper Scamander leased ground initially around the 1840s. Scamander School opened in 1891 and closed in 1946 with the children then bussed to St Marys. Scamander only boasted a school from 1935 until 1945; initially started for the children of the workmen building bridge No 7. The post office opened at Scamander Upper in 1925 and closed in 1972, as by this time there was a post office at Scamander. The Scamander area, from the mouth of the river to its headwaters, had a variety of mines, mostly hard rock, ranging from tin, copper, silver, wolfram and gold. The two most famous would be the Great Pyramid tin mine which started with a bang in 1909 and created such interest that a town plan with the name of Loila was drawn up at Upper Scamander. The main interest in the mine lasted not much more than 12 months. The second, but much longer lasting, was the copper mine on Eastern Creek that was discovered in 1895 and continued under various names until the early 1970s. Neither of the mines mentioned or the many others in the area made any profits for their shareholders. This area is rich in mining history, but due to the nature of the country, mostly very steep, much of it is hard to find. See more

05.01.2022 Its has been so interesting learning about the Pioneering history of the NE of Tasmania in the lead in to the Tassie's Better With Balance, Challenge 2020 Event.

05.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NL6XmiKAjU It has been hard work but we are so proud of what the TMEC Manufacturing Centre of Excellence has evolved into.

02.01.2022 TMEC would like to thank our fantastic membership organisations for supporting this years Tassie's Better With Balance Challenge.