Strathgordon, Tasmania
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Strathgordon is a locality in Tasmania
, Australia
at the end of the Gordon River Road
, the most south westerly road in the south west of Tasmania.
It is remote by Tasmanian standards with the nearest basic services 57 kilometres (35 mi) away along a winding road at Maydena.
The town was the 'company' town for construction by the Hydro Tasmania
of the hydro-electric structures that resulted in damming of Lake Pedder
and Lake Gordon
.
It is a popular tourist destination for visitors wishing to visit the Southwest National Park
.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
at the end of the Gordon River Road
Gordon River Road
- was a road built to service the Hydro Tasmania construction of the Gordon Dam, and the Serpentine Dam, Tasmania leading to the flooding of Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania....
, the most south westerly road in the south west of Tasmania.
It is remote by Tasmanian standards with the nearest basic services 57 kilometres (35 mi) away along a winding road at Maydena.
The town was the 'company' town for construction by the Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as The HEC, is the government owned enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia...
of the hydro-electric structures that resulted in damming of Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder was once a natural lake, located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia but the name is now used in an official sense to refer to the much larger artificial impoundment and diversion lake formed when the original lake was expanded by damming in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Commission of...
and Lake Gordon
Lake Gordon
Lake Gordon is a reservoir created by the Gordon Dam on the upper reaches of the Gordon River in south-west Tasmania, Australia. The reservoir was formed in the early 1970s as a result of the dam construction by the HEC...
.
It is a popular tourist destination for visitors wishing to visit the Southwest National Park
Southwest National Park
The Southwest National Park is a national park located in the south-west of Tasmania, Australia. The park is Tasmania's largest and forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area....
.
Further reading
- Rackham, Sarah.(edited by Woodberry, Joan) (1983) Hydro construction villages. Volume three. Poatina, Gowrie Park, Strathgordon Hobart : Public Relations Dept., Hydro-Electric Commission. ISBN 0724610375