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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 Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.

History

There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.

• 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.

• 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 and are still playing in the Darwin Assoc

Clubs

Final Clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Years in WTFA	Premierships	Premiership Years	Fate
	Lyell-Gormanston	Lions	1976-1993	11	1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993	Merged with Queenstown to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin Football Association
	Queenstown	Blues	1977-1993	3	1978, 1983, 1984	Merged with Lyell-Gormanston to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin Football Association
	Strahan	Seals	1991-1993	0	-	Folded when WTFA closed down
	Zeehan	Bulldogs	1976-1993	1	1985	Moved to Leven Football Association, folded after 1998 season

Former Clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Years in WTFA	Premierships	Premiership Years	Fate
	City	Magpies	1924-1977	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	1932-1976	8	1936, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970	Merged with Lyell to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976
	Lyell	Maroons	1907-1976	10	1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964	Merged with Gormanston to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976
	Mines United		?	3	1932, 1933, 1935	Folded
	Smelters	Robins	1924-1977	11	1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959	Merged with City to form Queenstown in 1977
	Railway		1924-?	1	1925	Folded
	Rosebery	Saints	1964-1987	6	1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980	Merged with Toorak to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987
	Rosebery-Toorak	Hawks	1987-1990	0	-	Moved to North Western Football Association in 1990
	Toorak	Tigers	1964-1987	2	1967, 1977	Merged with Rosebery to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987
	Tullah-Savage River	Roos, River Raiders	1964-1988	0	-	Folded in 1988

Premierships

Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963

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.

1987 Ladder

FINALS

Notes

1. "Western Tasmanian Football Association". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
2. see for 1979-1980's merges and participants
3. "King Football" - Hobart Mercury - Monday, 28 May 1973 (page 29)

See also

• Australian rules football in Tasmania
• Leven Football Association
• Darwin Football Association
• North Western Football Association

• Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania
• Western Tasmania