Port Davey, Tasmania

Port Davey, Tasmania

Port Davey is a location in the South West Wilderness of Tasmania. It is located adjacent to Bathurst Harbour and is sheltered from the Roaring Forties that buffet the western and south-western Tasmanian coast.It is not populated, but has in time had a number of reclusive inhabitants.

It is the penultimate location on the western part of the South Coast Walking Track - also known as South Coast and Port Davey Tracks.

ee also

*Macquarie Harbour
*Bathurst Harbour

Further reading

* Gee, Helen and Fenton, Janet (eds) (1978) "The South West Book: A Tasmanian Wilderness". Hawthorn, Vic: Australian Conservation Foundation. ISBN 0858020548; later edition, same title (1983) Sydney, NSW: William Collins Pty. Ltd., ISBN 0002173050
* South West Tasmania Resources Survey. (1981) "Bathurst Harbour - Old River catchment" Sandy Bay, Tas: Steering Committee, SWTRS. ISBN 0724610103 Working paper (South West Tasmania Resources Survey); no.21.

Microform

* Kelly, James, 1791-1859. First discovery of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour [microform] p. 160-181 "Royal Society of Tasmania: Papers and Proceedings, 1920. Issued separately 24th December, 1920" Microfiche. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2004

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