Crotty, Tasmania
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Crotty Tasmania |
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 Crotty
Location in Tasmania
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| Coordinates | 42°11′S 145°37′E / 42.183°S 145.617°ECoordinates: 42°11′S 145°37′E / 42.183°S 145.617°E |
| Abolished | circa 1903 |
Crotty is a former gazetted townsite that was located in Western Tasmania, Australia. The township was located on the eastern lower slopes of Mount Jukes, below the West Coast Range, and on the southern bank of the King River.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the township had had a smelter and railway connection with the North Mount Lyell mine.
The North Mount Lyell smelters failed, despite attempts in 1901 and 1902 to correct issues.
The company was absorbed by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in 1903.
The townsite soon lost population, and the North Mount Lyell Railway which serviced Crotty's connections with Gormanston, Linda and Pillinger (Kelly Basin) remained in service for a couple of decades before closing.
Most historical photos of Crotty show the smelters, the hotels, and the very small houses/huts. The most iconic photograph is that found in Geoffrey Blainey's The Peaks of Lyell, dated 1902, which was taken from the embankment just east of the railway line, looking west, up the main street with the smoke from the smelter in the air, and Mount Jukes in the background.
During the late 1970s and at an early stage in the "No Dams" campaign to stop the establishment of a dam on the Franklin River, a small group of musicians in Queenstown formed a group called the 'Crotty Ditty Band'.
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