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May 18, 2012
I'm in the Queenstown library searching online for photos by JW Beattie of the Queenstown Mt Lyell mine for their rephotography project.
John Watt Beattie, Mt Lyell mine, 1890s
Beattie had been employed by the North Mount Lyell Company to photograph between Gormanston, Tasmania and Kelly Basin in the 1890s. I understand that he produced a substantial body of work.
John Watt Beattie, Mt Lyell copper mine, 1890s
I'm sure that he did more of the Lyell open cut mine but these do not appear to be online. It would have been nice to compare a now and then picture of the open cut mine for the re-photography project. The open cut mine was abandoned in the 1990s.
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Hi Gary,
as you know i was artist in residence there from 1998 - 2003, so I hope you dont mind if i throw a bit of extra info in.
both your shots show the original Mt Lyell mine from different angles.
The first view is from the SW, the second from the NW.
Beattie was dead by 1930 and the other open cut, the West Lyell Open Cut, ran from 1934 to 1972 i think.
cheers
Marty