Currie, Tasmania

Currie is the largest town on the Australian island of Tasmania King Iceland before.

The place is located in a protected natural harbor on the west coast of the island, which originally, according to one of the first inhabitants of the island, as Howie's Boat Harbour was designated. Later he was transferred to Archibald Currie (1830-1914), a shipowner from Melbourne named, who had acquired the rights to the wreck of the 1866 decline in near full ship Netherby and used the port as a base for his salvage operations. Later, the surrounding land was developed and operated there land and livestock. 1879 a lighthouse was built at the port.

Until the construction of the ferry port at Grassy in 1974, Currie was the main port between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. Today he still holds great importance for fishing in the region, especially lobsters. It is close to the King Airport is Iceland.