South West Tasmania

Most early walks through the region were for discovery, or in the case of Thomas Bather Moore was to establish tracks for access.

In 1927, a walk through the area between Cox Bight and Bathurst Harbour even included the then governor of the state, Sir James O'Grady, and its intention was a search for geological information.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154040319 |title=VISIT TO SOUTH WEST TASMANIA. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=6 January 1927 |access-date=10 July 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Southern Ocean forms the western and southern boundaries. The locality encircles Strathgordon, and is adjoined by the localities of Macquarie Heads, Strahan, West Coast, Queenstown, Gormanston, Lake St Clair, Derwent Bridge, Butlers Gorge, Tarraleah, Wayatinah, Florentine, Maydena, Styx, Lonnavale, Geeveston, Raminea, Strathblane, Hastings, Lune River, and Recherche.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Southwest+TAS+7139/@-42.8367427,145.4960632,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6e504c94196f49:0x403c94dd0de02b0!8m2!3d-42.8165485!4d146.0525253 |title=Southwest, Tasmania |access-date=20 July 2020}}

The A10 route (Lyell Highway) enters from Derwent Bridge in the north-east and runs generally north-west until it reaches the north-western boundary, where it exits to Queenstown. Route B61 (Gordon River Road) enters from Maydena in the east and runs generally west through Strathgordon to the Gordon Dam, where it ends. Route C607 (Scotts Peak Dam Road) starts at an intersection with B61 and runs south and west to Scotts Peak Dam, where it ends.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Southwest |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=20 July 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "39388B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=20 July 2020 }}

Members were Sir George B Cartland, G. J. Foot and A. G. Ogilvie.

Submissions were received on its subject area.{{Citation | author1=Tasmanian Conservation Trust | title=Saving Tasmania's south-west : an Australian wilderness heritage | publication-date=1976 | publisher=Tasmanian Conservation Trust | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/160034732 | access-date=24 August 2014 }}{{Citation | author1=Australian Conservation Foundation | author2=Tasmania. South West Advisory Committee | title=Submission to the South West Advisory Committee on the South West National Park draft management plan | publication-date=1976 | publisher=Australian Conservation Foundation | isbn=978-0-85802-041-2 }}{{Citation | author1=Tasmania. National Parks and Wildlife Service | title=Submission to the Special Advisory Committee on south-west Tasmania | publication-date=1976 | publisher=National Parks and Wildlife | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/160035281 | access-date=24 August 2014 }}

It made a preliminary report in May 1976,{{Citation | author1=Cartland, George | author-link=George Cartland | author2=Foot, Geoffrey James | author2-link=Geoffrey Foot (politician) | author3=Ogilvie, Albert George | author3-link=Albert Ogilvie | author4=Tasmania. Parliament. South West Advisory Committee | title=South West Advisory Committee preliminary report, May 1976 : to the Minister for National Parks and Wildlife, the Honourable N.L.C. Batt M.H.A., Parliament House, Tasmania | publication-date=1976 | publisher=T.J. Hughes, Govt. Printer | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38845468 | access-date=24 August 2014 }} and a final report in August 1978.South West Advisory Committee report, August 1978 : to the Minister for National Parks and Wildlife, the Honourable A.B.K. Lohrey, M.H.A., Parliament House, Tasmania: presented by Sir George Barrington Cartland, Geoffrey James Foot [and] Albert George Ogilvie. Hobart: Government Printer. {{ISBN|0-7246-0550-9}} : Tasmanian Parliamentary paper ; no.61 of 1978

{{main|South West Tasmania Resources Survey}}

Following national and international concern over the fate of South West Tasmania, Commonwealth Government funded the survey with the States Grants (Nature Conservation Act) Act of 1974. Further funding was provided from the Environment (Financial Assistance) Act of 1977.Waterman, Peter (editor) (1979) South West Tasmania Resources Survey Working Paper No.18 – Mackintosh-Murchison Catchment Sandy Bay, Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service {{ISBN|0-7246-0261-5}} – details of Survey p.1

The South West Tasmania Resources Survey produced 25 Discussion Papers, 22 Working Papers and 20 Occasional papers(1981) Nomination of Western Tasmania Wilderness National Parks by the Commonwealth of Australia for the Inclusion in the World Heritage List, prepared by Tasmanian Government and Australia Heritage Commission November 1981 {{ISBN|0-642-87820-X}} - including the breakup of the region into river catchments:"Major catchments in South West Tasmania" – in Waterman, Peter (editor) (1979) South West Tasmania Resources Survey Working Paper No.18 Mackintosh-Murchison Catchment Sandy Bay, Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service {{ISBN|0-7246-0261-5}} – details of Survey p.201 – Map 7-1

• Franklin River
• Picton River
• Huon Weld
• Lake Gordon–Lake Pedder
• Lower Gordon
• Macquarie Harbour
• King River
• Mackintosh-Murchison
• Wanderer and Giblin
• Davey River
• Bathurst Harbour
• New River and South Coast

Ten years after the South West Resources survey the Australia Heritage Commission published an inventory for the South West.R.G. Lesslie, B.G. Mackey, J. Shulmeister (1988) National wilderness inventory : Stage II, wilderness quality in Tasmania Canberra : Australian Heritage Commission {{ISBN|0-642-13494-4}} "A Report to the Australian Heritage Commission'.

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• South West Wilderness
• Regions of Tasmania
• Melaleuca

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• {{cite book |editor1=Gee, H. |editor2=Fenton, J. |date=1978 |title=The South West Book – A Tasmanian Wilderness |location=Melbourne |publisher=Australian Conservation Foundation |isbn=0-85802-054-8 }}
• {{cite journal |publisher=Australian Conservation Foundation |journal=Habitat |volume=3 |number=2 |date=June–July 1975 |title=Special Issue – The Wonderful South-West }}
• {{cite book |author=Lines, William J. |title=Patriots: defending Australia's natural heritage |location=St. Lucia, Qld. |publisher=University of Queensland Press |date=2006 |isbn=0-7022-3554-7 }}
• {{cite book |author=Neilson, D. |date=1975 |title=South West Tasmania – A land of the Wild |location=Adelaide |publisher=Rigby |isbn=0-85179-874-8 }}

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