Lottah

Lottah is a small town in Northeastern Tasmania. It lies north of the Tasman Highway; the closest settlement is Pyengana and the closest major town is St Helens. Lottah falls within the Break O'Day Council administrative region.

Lottah
Tasmania
Lottah
Coordinates41°13′15″S 148°01′19″E
Population13 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7216
LGA(s)Break O'Day Council
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal Division(s)Lyons

Tin was discovered in Lottah in about 1875.[2] The Anchor Mine became operational in 1880, and the town of Lottah grew up around the mine. At its peak, it had several hundred residents, and community facilities included a school, two hotels, two churches, a bakery, and a football club.[3] Lottah supported a small Chinese community, and one of its more notable residents was Senator Thomas Bakhap, who had a Chinese stepfather and worked as an interpreter.[4] People born in Lottah during its heyday include architecture professor Brian Lewis and RAAF officer Alan Charlesworth.[5] The Anchor Mine closed in 1950, at which point the town's population had been in decline for several decades.[3]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lottah (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Goulds Country, TAS, Aussie Towns.
  3. Lottah: Once-thriving mining town a virtual ghost town in Tasmania's north east, ABC Radio Hobart, 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. BAKHAP, THOMAS JEROME KINGSTON (1866–1923), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate
  5. Charlesworth, Alan Moorehouse (1903–1978) at Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved on 19 October 2017.

Further reading
  • Richardson, Garry (2016), Lottah and the Anchor: the History of a Tin Mine and a Dependent Town, Forty South Publishing
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