Western Tasmanian Football Association
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| Formerly | Queenstown FA (founded in 1924) |
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| Founded | 1963 |
| Ceased | 1994 |
| Venue | Queenstown Oval |
The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.
Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only the Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.
There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.[1]
- The League began in 1924 as the Queenstown Football Association.
- The League underwent a name change to the Western Tasmanian Football Association in 1963 as it absorbed the clubs from the Rosebery Football Association.
In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association. The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club.
- In 1977, the Smelters Football Club and the City Football Club Merged and formed the Queenstown Football Club.
Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club.[2]
- Rosebery-Toorak Football Club leave the WTFA and join the NWFA to start in 1990.
- In 1991, the Strahan Football Club re-formed and entered the WTFA, they last played in the Murchison FA in 1958.
- The WTFA closed down at the end of 1993. The Queenstown Crows were formed in 1994 from the merger of Lyell-Gormanston and the Queenstown Blues and are still playing in the Darwin Association.
Clubs
Final clubs
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WTFA | WTFA Senior Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| Lyell-Gormanston |  |
Lions | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | 1976 | 1976-1993 | 11 | 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | Merged with Queenstown to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin FA after 1993 season |
| Queenstown |  |
Blues | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | 1977 | 1977-1993 | 3 | 1978, 1983, 1984 | Merged with Lyell-Gormanston to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin FA after 1993 season |
| Strahan |  |
Seals | Strahan Recreation Ground, Strahan | SFA | 1900 | 1991-1993 | 0 | - | Folded when WTFA closed down after 1993 season |
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Bulldogs | Zeehan Cricket Ground, Zeehan | MFA | 1896 | 1976-1993 | 1 | 1985 | Moved to Leven FA after 1993 season |
Former clubs
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WTFA | WTFA Senior Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| City |  |
Magpies | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | 1920 | 1924-1976 | 13 | 1926, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1963 | Merged with Smelters to form Queenstown in 1977 |
| Gormanston |  |
Blues, Mountain Men | Gormanston Recreation Ground, Gormanston | LFA | 1900 | 1933-1941, 1945-1975 | 8 | 1936, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 | Merged with Lyell to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976 |
| Lyell |  |
Maroons | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | 1942 | 1942-1975 | 10 | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 | Merged with Gormanston to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976 |
| Mines United | Dark with light monogram | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | 1930 | 1930-1943 | 3 | 1932, 1933, 1935 | Folded after 1943 season | |
| Railway | [3] | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | 1905 | 1924-1929 | 1 | 1925 | Folded after 1929 season | ||
| Rosebery |  |
Saints | Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery | RFA | 1924 | 1964-1986 | 6 | 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980 | Merged with Toorak to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987 |
| Rosebery-Toorak |  |
Hawks | Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery | – | 1987 | 1987-1990 | 0 | - | Moved to North Western FA in 1990 |
| Smelters |  |
Robins | Queenstown Oval, Queenstown | – | c.1900 | 1924-1941, 1944-1976 | 11 | 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959 | Merged with City to form Queenstown in 1977 |
| Toorak |  |
Tigers | Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery | RFA | 1926 | 1964-1986 | 2 | 1967, 1977 | Merged with Rosebery to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987 |
| Tullah-Savage River |  |
Roos, River Raiders | Tullah Recreation Ground, Tullah | MFA | 1930 | 1976-1988 | 0 | - | Folded after 1988 season |
Premierships
Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963
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WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993
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Individual awards
- The senior B&F was the Bartram Medal.
- The reserves B&F was the ALB. Broadby Trophy.
- Seniors and reserves both had leading goalkicker awards.