These Basalt columns were used to quarry thousands of tons of rocks from the 1800s into the 20th century. The original Basalt columns protruded further north than they do today after substantial quarrying of the columns.
Tas Living History is an initiative of Business Northwest, a division of the Burnie Chamber of Commerce. We work with the local museums, historical societies, and interested volunteers to produce the content on this site. We acknowledge and pay deep respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which we conduct our business, pataway (Burnie), paythinwutik (Wynyard-Fossil Bluff). We acknowledge and pay our respects to the leaders, past, present and future.
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