Driffield Street, Queenstown

Driffield Street, Queenstown is the main north to south street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.

It commences at a junction with Lyell Highway,[1] and runs parallel to the railway station, railway yard and railway as far as Henry Street.[2]

It is also the location of the Galley Museum,[3] and the Queenstown Library (also known as the Robert Carl Sticht Memorial library).[4][5]

The prominent Empire Hotel is on the corner of Orr Street. It is also the location of St Martin's Hall.[6]

In the era of the operations of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company it was the location of retail businesses run by the company, as well as the railway.[7]

  1. ^ older maps would indicate Penghana Road as the western part of junction, and Batchelor Street rather than Lyell Highway see- for instance Tasmap (Agency : Tasmania) (2001), Tasmanian towns street atlas (Ed. 7 ed.), Tasmap, ISBN 978-0-7246-6257-9
  2. ^ however some cartographic indicators on digital maps show Driffield street join with Conlan street – Google maps, for instance
  3. ^ "Australian Web Archive". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009.
  4. ^ https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20161122234700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/133629/20161123-1047/monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/103981-robert-sticht.html
  5. ^ "West Coast "MAY NOT BE ALIVE"". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCVII, no. 100. Tasmania, Australia. 8 July 1938. p. 3 (DAILY). Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "SPRING FLOWER SHOW AT QUEENSTOWN". The Advocate. Tasmania. 19 September 1938. p. 8 (DAILY). Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "GENERAL NEWS ITEMS". The Mercury. Vol. CXXIV, no. 18, 174. Tasmania. 28 January 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.