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Lake St Clair or leeawulenna is a natural freshwater lake located in the Central Highlands area of Tasmania, Australia. The lake forms the southern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It has an area of approximately 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi), and a maximum depth of 215 metres (705 ft), making it Australia's deepest ...
The Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park is a significant location of Tasmania's endemic species – 40–55% of the park's documented alpine flora is endemic. Furthermore, 68% of the higher rainforest species recorded in alpine areas in Tasmania are present in the Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park.
Mount Olympus, Lake St Clair, Tasmania, the source of the Derwent. Mount Olympus was painted by the Australian landscape painter, William Charles Piguenit.It was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1875 and was the Gallery's first oil painting acquisition, [4] "the first Australian work purchased by public subscription", [5] and the first work acquired by the gallery of an ...
Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. At 1,545 metres (5,069 ft) above sea level, it is the sixth-highest mountain in Tasmania. [2]
Lake St Clair was sighted by surveyor William Sharland in 1832, with George Frankland leading an expedition to it three years later. [7] During the late 19th century there was an effort to build a railway to the west coast of Tasmania, which at the time was only accessible by boat.
Pine Lake in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania Great Lake. The mountains of Central Tasmania are mainly found in four different conservation reserves: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park - in the western part; Walls of Jerusalem National Park - in the central part; Central Plateau Conservation Area in the eastern part
They include Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (1616.8 km 2), Walls of Jerusalem National Park, (518 km 2), Central Plateau Conservation Area (966.1 km 2), Princess River Conservation Area (86.4 km 2), Devils Gullet State Reserve (11.2 km 2), Meander Conservation Area (16.7 km 2), Black Bluff Nature Recreation Area (67 km 2), Deep ...
1922: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park proclaimed; 1923: First concert by Hobart Symphony Orchestra; 1923: Severe flooding in Hobart; 1923: Labor's Joseph Lyons, a future prime minister, becomes state premier; 1924: Private company starts first Tasmanian radio station, 7ZL (now part of ABC), with regular broadcasts from The Mercury ...