The Empire Hotel on the main street in Queenstown, a mining town and former home to Mt Lyell Mining Company, on Tasmania's West Coast, Australia. In i

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The Empire Hotel on the main street in Queenstown, a mining town and former home to Mt Lyell Mining Company, on Tasmania's West Coast, Australia. In it's heyday the town was the richest in Australia; the demise of the Mt Lyell Mining Company saw significant economic depression; in the 90's houses sold for as little as AU$2000.

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