In the mid-1850s trading and fishing vessels are recorded as having been moored in the Inglis River at spots from the Cape Road bridge back to Camp Creek on both sides of the river. The Inglis River wharf would become a very busy port until the late 1930s with trading ketches unloading supplies for retail stores and products for the farming industry. Potatoes and timber were the main loads for the return trips.
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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