The name of Adam River Field or Adam's River Field preceded that of Adamsfield.[1][2]
Alluvial mining resulted in one of the world's largest sources of
osmium and
iridium metal at the time of activity in the 1920s.[3][4]
Florentine Post Office opened on 1 November 1925. It was renamed "Adamsfield" the next month and closed in 1960.[5][6]
References
^"OSMIRIDIUM". The News. Vol. II, no. 365. Tasmania, Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 1 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^Brownlie, Alex; McGlashan, N. D. (Neil D.); University of Tasmania. Department of Geography, (issuing body) (1978),
Adamsfield : the town that lived and died, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania for the Division of Recreation, Education Department, retrieved 24 June 2023