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'''West Coast Piners''' were groups of men who worked on the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] of Tasmania, Australia, logging [[Huon pine]].
In most cases they used [[Strahan, Tasmania|Strahan]] as their base, as it was the port from which the timber was shipped. The main eras of the Piners were the [[Sarah Island (Tasmania)|Sarah Island]] convict era (1821–33, 1846–47) and the period from the 1890s to the 1940s.<ref>Kerr, Garry, and Harry McDermott, ''The Huon Pine Story (The History of Harvest and Use of a Unique Timber)'', 2nd ed. (Portland, Vic.: Mainsail, 2004). {{ISBN|0-9577917-0-4}}</ref>
Most of their activities were focused on the rivers (and their tributaries) that flow into [[Macquarie Harbour]] – the [[King River, Tasmania|King River]] and the [[Gordon River]]<ref>[[Richard Flanagan|Flanagan, Richard]], ''A terrible beauty: History of the Gordon River Country'' (Richmond, Vic.: Greenhouse, 1985). {{ISBN|0-86436-001-0}}</ref> The smaller rivers flowing into Macquarie Harbour on the eastern side are Pine Cove Creek, the Braddon River, the Clark River, and the Bird River. Also [[Birch's Inlet]] was an area where pine was transported from.
They were celebrated by an annual event at Strahan, known as the Piners' Festival, which was conducted for a few years.<ref>http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/2001/S2001-Apr-4/www.federation100.tas.gov.au/calendar.html March 2001 – as part of the Centenary of Federation festivities in Tasmania</ref>
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[[Category:Economic history of Tasmania]] [[Category:Western Tasmania]] [[Category:Huon Pine]]