Western Tasmanian Football Association
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 the Queenstown Football Club 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.
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-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 from the merger of Lyell-Gormanston and the Queenstown Blues and are still playing in the Darwin Association.
Premierships
Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963- 1924 ― Smelters
- 1925 ― Railway
- 1926 ― City
- 1927 ― Smelters
- 1928 ― Smelters
- 1929 ― Smelters
- 1930 ― Smelters
- 1931 ― Smelters
- 1932 ― Mines United
- 1933 ― Mines United
- 1934 ― City
- 1935 ― Mines United
- 1936 ― Gormanston
- 1937 ― City
- 1938 ― Smelters
- 1939 ― City
- 1940 ― City
- 1941 ― City
- 1942 ― Lyell
- 1943 ― Lyell
- 1944 ― Lyell
- 1945 ― Lyell
- 1946 ― Lyell
- 1947 ― City
- 1948 ― City
- 1949 ― Gormanston
- 1950 ― Gormanston
- 1951 ― Lyell
- 1952 ― City
- 1953 ― City
- 1954 ― Smelters
- 1955 ― Smelters
- 1956 ― Smelters
- 1957 ― City
- 1958 ― Lyell
- 1959 ― Smelters
- 1960 ― City
- 1961 ― Lyell
- 1962 ― Lyell
- 1963 ― City
- 1964 ― Lyell 15.17 v Gormanston 9.5
- 1965 ― Gormanston 9.10 v Lyell 4.14
- 1966 ― Gormanston 16.11 v Lyell 13.9
- 1967 ― Toorak 8.9 v Rosebery 6.17
- 1968 ― Gormanston 10.16 v Toorak 8.12
- 1969 ― Gormanston 12.14 v Rosebery 8.5
- 1970 ― Gormanston 19.11 v Toorak 16.13
- 1971 ― Rosebery 20.18 v Toorak 19.12
- 1972 ― Rosebery 11.12 v Toorak 10.10
- 1973 ― Smelters 15.13 v Toorak 12.14
- 1974 ― Rosebery 16.17 v Smelters 7.12
- 1975 ― Rosebery 15.17 v Toorak 15.13
- 1976 ― Lyell-Gormanston 26.25 v City 8.12
- 1977 ― Toorak 15.21 v Lyell-Gormanston 12.18
- 1978 ― Queenstown 16.26 v Toorak 14.15
- 1979 ― Rosebery 15.12 v Toorak 13.12
- 1980 ― Rosebery 12.17 v Toorak 10.12
- 1981 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.18 v Rosebery 13.13
- 1982 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 v Toorak 9.17
- 1983 ― Queenstown 7.13 v Lyell-Gormanston 4.4
- 1984 ― Queenstown 15.19 v Lyell-Gormanston 7.21
- 1985 ― Zeehan 22.10 v Lyell-Gormanston 14.14
- 1986 ― Lyell-Gormanston 12.15 v Queenstown 12.14
- 1987 ― Lyell-Gormanston 9.16 v Tullah-Savage River 7.14
- 1988 ― Lyell-Gormanston 11.18 v Zeehan 7.9
- 1989 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.22 v Queenstown 16.8
- 1990 ― Lyell-Gormanston 22.21 v Queenstown 16.8
- 1991 ― Lyell-Gormanston 18.18 v Strahan 14.7
- 1992 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.19 v Zeehan 13.12
- 1993 ― Lyell-Gormanston 17.19 v Queenstown 12.12
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| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| 1st Semi | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 11 | 89 | Zeehan | 9 | 14 | 68 |
| 2nd Semi | Lyell-Gormanston | 14 | 16 | 100 | Rosebery-Toorak | 12 | 8 | 80 |
| Preliminary | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 17 | 95 | Rosebery-Toorak | 10 | 8 | 68 |
| Grand | Lyell-Gormanston | 9 | 16 | 70 | Tullah-Savage River | 7 | 14 | 56 |