Ephemeral Lisle

The Lisle gold rush of 1879 was the biggest seen in Tasmania, and at the height of the boom Lisle was easily our third largest town. The alluvial gold was soon exhausted, however, and no reef was ever found. When small miners blocked the release of land to farmers, the town was doomed.This is the history of Lisle, from the first prospector’s arrival in 1878, to when the last resident left in 1963.