 the west coast council is a local government area of tasmania. it covers much of the west of tasmania. it is the largest local government area of tasmania by area, and the second least densely populated, after the central highlands. it takes in the west coast range as well as portions of world heritage areas. it has a very colourful mining and railway history. it also has a significant history of convict settlement. it has weather conditions that are usually on the extreme list for tasmania - notably lake margaret for rainfall (competing with tully in queensland) and mount read usually for low temperatures. in autumn 2006 heavy rainfall recorded at mount read was on a par with lake margaret records of the past. mayor darryl gerrity died in early october 2013 public information article. and deputy mayor peter reid became acting mayor. municipal directory. == historical geography== it is an amalgamation of the earlier local government bodies that included gormanston, queenstown, and zeehan. the west coast reg
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