Williamsford, Tasmania

It was formerly reached by the North East Dundas Tramway a line which operated between 1896 and 1929.

[1] It was also the location of the Hercules Haulage - a 2-foot gauge haulage line on the western slope of Mount Read, and the later Rosebery - Williamsford Aerial Ropeway.

The town had an Australian rules team in the Rosebery Football Association[2] until the competition disbanded in 1963.

[3][4] In 1924, Charles Whitham wrote:- Williamsford is the township attached to Mount Read, and is right at the foot of the steepest and longest haulage line we have... 5 miles from Rosbery by road, and 18 miles from Zeehan by tramway, and if you like rugged and wild scenery you will find it a charming place [5] By the late twentieth century there were no longer inhabitants of this community.

These conifers have been collected over the last 15 years from a number of Southern Hemisphere countries where they are approaching extinction.