Savage River, Tasmania

History

Government surveyor Charles Sprent discovered Savage River's iron ore deposits in 1877, however the minerals were left untouched for nearly a century due to the difficulty in extracting iron from the low-quality ore. Several surveys were conducted in the interim including one in 1926 by Australian Iron & Steel. The township at Savage River was constructed from 1965 to 1967 when Roy Hudson's Industrial and Mining Investigations Pty Ltd received backing to construct a mining in the area.

Savage River Post Office opened on 23 November 1967.

Mining operations

The Savage River Mine is an open-cut iron ore mine operated by Grange Resources. Production at the mine in 2006–07 was 1.423 million cubic metres of ore with 4.851 million cubic metres of waste. At June 2007, 50.9% of the 323.8 million tonnes of resources from the mine was recoverable magnetite. The iron ore is piped as slurry north to the coast at Port Latta for on-shipment.

Climate

|Jan record high C = 34.1 |Feb record high C = 34.4 |Mar record high C = 31.2 |Apr record high C = 25.2 |May record high C = 21.3 |Jun record high C = 18.3 |Jul record high C = 18.6 |Aug record high C = 17.9 |Sep record high C = 23.9 |Oct record high C = 26.0 |Nov record high C = 30.8 |Dec record high C = 32.4 |year record high C = 34.4 |Jan record low C = -2.2 |Feb record low C = 2.3 |Mar record low C = -0.1 |Apr record low C = -2.9 |May record low C = -3.9 |Jun record low C = -3.3 |Jul record low C = -3.5 |Aug record low C = -5.0 |Sep record low C = -3.4 |Oct record low C = -1.1 |Nov record low C = -4.0 |Dec record low C = -1.8 |year record low C = -5.0

References

References

1. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Tasmania/Savage-River/2005/02/17/1108500205942.html Travel: Savage River], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 14 January 2008.
2. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions.
3. [http://www.iris.tas.gov.au/company_list/major_companies/major_comp/savage_river_mine Savage River Mine], IRIS Tasmania, 21 April 2009. Retrieved on 13 September 2009.
4. "Climate statistics for Savage River Mine". Bureau of Meteorology.