Built in 1895, it is infamous for its gravel playing surface, and is used primarily for Australian rules football, while also hosting cricket and athletics.

For nearly a century, Queenstown Oval was the grand final venue for the now defunct Western Tasmanian Football Association.

[3] It is currently the home ground for the local Queenstown Crows in the Darwin Football Association.

[4][5] Inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2007,[2] the ground was due for updating in the 2010s[6] and was part of The Unconformity festival in 2016.

[7] There is a subtle reference to the ground's gravel playing surface in Jamie Cooper's Tasmania's Team of the Century painting, with gravel visible in the knees of Queenstown-born Australian football legend Ian Stewart.