Ghost towns of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Ghost towns of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Some of the towns listed here were developed and died within a short space of time in the late nineteenth century, while some have been revived with the fate of the nickel and gold mining operations in the region.
A number of the towns' names are also names of Goldfields and Goldfield Districts in the Mineral fields of Western Australia.
Considerable information about the locations has been compiled for the Golden Quest Discovery Trail[1]
Towns
- Abbotts
- Austin
- Balagundi
- Balgarri
- Bardoc
- Beria
- Black Flag
- Big Bell
- Bonnie Vale
- Boogardie
- Broad Arrow
- Buldania
- Bulong
- Burbanks
- Burtville
- Callion
- Canegrass
- Comet Vale[2]
- Cossack
- Davyhurst
- Day Dawn
- Duketon
- Dundas
- Dunnsville
- Eulaminna
- Euro
- Feysville
- Gabanintha
- Gindalbie
- Golden Ridge
- Goongarrie also known as 90 Mile and Roaring Gimlet
- Grants Patch
- Gwalia
- Higginsville
- Kanowna
- Kathleen
- Kookynie
- Kunanalling
- Kurrawang
- Lakeside (Lakewood)
- Lawlers
- Malcolm
- Mertondale
- Mount Ida
- Mount Morgans
- Mulline
- Mulwarrie
- Niagara
- Ora Banda
- Paddington
- Peak Hill
- Siberia (also known as Waverley)
- Sir Samuel
- Smithfield
- Tampa
- Ularring
- Yarri
- Yerilla
- Yunndaga
Notes
- ^ Strickland, Barry, (2003) Golden Quest Discovery Trail guide book Kalgoorlie, W.A. Golden Quest Trials Association (CD audio scripts/interviews, Barry Strickland, Cassie Grant; narrator, Bill Bunbury.) ISBN 0-9750042-0-4
- ^ Morris, Bernie (2005) Mrs Walshaw of Comet Vale & Comet Vale. (Mrs M Walshaw, last resident of Comet Vale townsite, and history of the town and railway facilities).The Westland, November 2005, p.3 - 12
References
- King, Norma (1974) Ghost towns of the north country Kalgoorlie/Boulder David Paton Printing
- McGowan, Barry. (2002) Australian ghost towns South Melbourne, [Vic.] : Lothian Books, ISBN 0-7344-0354-2