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It is the only remaining townsite that lies in effect 'in' the West Coast Range . At the peak of its population and importance, Gormanston had a local government authority based in its town, and it was a major settlement of employees of the Mount Lyell Mining And Railway Company , especially in those parts of its workings in the North Lyell and open cut areas. Considerable numbers of buildings have been removed to other locations, and the local government authority was absorbed into the new ' West Coast Council' and the adjacent Mount Lyell workings have been closed down. It is the closest settlement to Lake Burbury , a hydro created lake from the damming of the King River . There are currently no other settlement or other buildings on the Lyell Highway towards Hobart until Derwent Bridge . There are booklets available in Queenstown, that give historical information about the town in its heyday, and inparticular lists of registered inhabitants in the early 1900's. REFERENCE
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