Queenstown

The township of Queenstown was originally developed to service the booming copper fields of Mt Lyell.

There was some debate as to where the town should be sited in the early years. The original town was sited adjacent to the huge smelters of the old Mt Lyell Co. This town was Named Penghana, but in 1896 much of it was destroyed by a bush fire.

The new township of Queenstown then quickly developed a kilometre down the Queen River Valley around the new ABT Railway Station.

Today the township of Queenstown covers most of the Queen River Valley. The population of around 2500 people are mostly employed in the mining industry in the nearby mines of Rosebery, Renison Bell, Henty Gold Mine and of course, Mt Lyell, (now Copper Mines of Tasmania), and Tourism Related Business's.

About The Comfort Inn Gold Rush

The Comfort Inn Gold Rush is locally owned and prides itself in offering "Good old fashioned hospitality where service counts" 26 ground floor spacious clean rooms, a fully licensed restaurant, room service and rooms with mountain views.

Situated near the local attractions such as surface and underground mines, 40 minutes from Gordon River cruises, wilderness flights and trout fishing.