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Pieman River

River in western Tasmania, Australia

Summary

River in western Tasmania, Australia

Field	Value
name	Pieman
native_name	xpw
name_etymology	Thomas Kent
image	Pieman River.jpg
image_size	280
image_caption	The Pieman River
map_size	280
pushpin_map	Australia Tasmania
pushpin_map_size	280
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the Pieman River mouth in Tasmania
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Tasmania
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	West Coast
length	26 km
source_confluence	Mackintosh River and Murchison River
source_confluence_location	below
source_confluence_elevation	191 m
mouth	Hardwicke Bay
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	0 m
tributaries_left	Ring River, Stitt River, Heemskirk River
tributaries_right	Marionoak River, Wilson River (Tasmania), Huskisson River, Stanley River (Tasmania), Paradise River (Tasmania), Owen Meredith River, Savage River (Tasmania), Whyte River, Donaldson River (Tasmania)
custom_label	Reservoir
custom_data	Lake Rosebury, Lake Pieman
extra

The Pieman River is a major perennial river located in the west coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

Course and features

Formed by the confluence of the Mackintosh River and Murchison River, the Pieman River rises in what is now known as Lake Rosebury, an artificial lake formed by the Bastyan Dam. The river flows generally west and northwest and then west again, joined by 21 tributaries including the Mackintosh, Murchison, Marionoak, Ring, Wilson, Stitt, Huskisson, Stanley, Heemskirk, Paradise, Owen Meredith, Savage, Whyte and Donaldson rivers before emptying into Hardwicke Bay and reaching its mouth in the Southern Ocean. The river descends 191 m over its 100 km course.

The river is impounded at Bastyan by the Bastyan Dam (and adjacent hydroelectric power station) to form Lake Rosebury; and at Reece by the Reece Dam (and adjacent hydroelectric power station) to form Lake Pieman. Both reservoir and power stations from part of the Hydro Tasmania-operated Pieman River Power Development. The construction of the power development scheme also altered the route of the Emu Bay Railway, and submerged a variety of rail heritage sites in the vicinity of the river, notably parts of the Wee Georgie Wood Railway or North Farrell Tramway line.

Etymology

The Aboriginal Tasmanians knew the river as Corinna, which is the Peerapper word for the thylacine.

The once-common suggestion that the river's English name comes from a convict "The Pieman" Alexander Pearce who was responsible for one of the few recorded instances of cannibalism in Australia, is not correct. "The Pieman" was in fact Thomas Kent of Southampton, a pastry-cook who was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1816. After a long series of offences in the colony, he was sent to the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station in 1822 but subsequently escaped, and was recaptured near the mouth of the river which now bears his nickname. The river has significant timber, mining and industrial heritage along its shores.

References

Maps

References

(2015). "Map of Pieman River, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
Rae, Lou. (1997). "The Emu Bay Railway".
Atkinson, H.K.. (1991). "Railway Tickets of Tasmania".
(1972). "Along the Line in Tasmania. Book 2. Private Lines". Traction Publications.
"Tasmanian Aboriginal place names". Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery.
Sprod, Dan. (1977). "Alexander Pearce of Macquarie Harbour". Cat & Fiddle Press.

Wikipedia Source

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