Zeehan
Sign in to saveZeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan and neighbouring mining towns of Rosebery and Queenstown.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Zeehan
- Australian place.state
- tas
- Australian place.image
- Zeehan Post Office 20171121-056.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Zeehan Post Office, opened 1 August 1888
- Australian place.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tasmania
- Australian place.lga
- West Coast Council
- Australian place.postcode
- 7469
- Australian place.area
- 1.8
- Australian place.density
- 404.4
- Australian place.elevation
- 172
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 15.2
- Australian place.mintemp
- 6.3
- Australian place.rainfall
- 2445.5
- Australian place.stategov
- Braddon
- Australian place.fedgov
- Braddon
- Australian place.dist1
- 286
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Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan and neighbouring mining towns of Rosebery and Queenstown.
== History == The greater Zeehan area was inhabited by the indigenous Peerapper and Tommeginne clans of the North West group for over 10,000 years prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania. They were greatly coastal peoples, residing in small numbers on a diet consisting of muttonbirds, seals, swan eggs and cider gum, and constructed bark huts when strong westerly winds brought about rain and icy temperatures.