The total records captured up to 31 July 2025 is 83,781. During the past month, the communities of Argyle (and Argyle Police Station), Boogardie, Craiggiemore, Derdebin, Howatharra, Kwelkan, Lancefield, Merilup, Noman’s Lake, Shay Gap, Stratherne, Sunday Island Mission, Tardun, Trafalgar, Ullaring, White Well, Wittenoom and Yarri have found their way into our captured list.
Our project team are working hard to capture as many records as possible of the people in WA’s ghost communities. Once our website and search engine is fully operational you will be able to access some of these records. Here are the latest figures followed by a simple line graph showing the growth in total numbers:
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| Name | Number of Collected Records |
|---|---|
| 25 Mile | 4 |
| 36 Mile Police Station | 52 |
| 45 Mile | 3 |
| 90 Mile | 311 |
| Abbott’s | 58 |
| Agnew | 4 |
| Aldersyde | 4 |
| Aldinga | 26 |
| Anaconda | 2 |
| Argyle | 1 |
| Argyle Police Station | 6 |
| Arrino | 2 |
| Baandee | 120 |
| Bamboo Creek | 10 |
| Bardoc | 46 |
| Barton | 88 |
| Benjaberring | 13 |
| Bernier Island | 2 |
| Big Bell | 6525 |
| Black Flag | 42 |
| Black Range | 7 |
| Bonnie Vale | 178 |
| Boogardie | 1 |
| Boorabbin | 3 |
| Bootenal | 199 |
| Boyadine | 54 |
| Boyerine | 111 |
| Broad Arrow | 55 |
| Brown Hill | 166 |
| Brown’s Mill | 6 |
| Buchanan River | 5 |
| Bullabulling | 26 |
| Bullfinch | 66 |
| Bulong | 758 |
| Bummers Creek | 8 |
| Bungarun Lazarette | 60 |
| Bunjil | 14 |
| Buntine | 122 |
| Burakin | 8 |
| Burbanks | 1 |
| Burbidge | 3 |
| Burnakura | 57 |
| Burtville | 31 |
| Butcher’s Inlet | 16 |
| Butterfly | 1 |
| Camden Harbour | 14 |
| Camden Harbour Expedition | 8 |
| Cane Grass Swamp Hotel | 11 |
| Canegrass | 102 |
| Carbine | 438 |
| Carinyah | 28 |
| Caron | 11 |
| Cashmans Bore | 1 |
| Chesterfield | 1 |
| Comet Vale | 63 |
| Condon | 2 |
| Coodardy | 6 |
| Cork Tree Flat | 2 |
| Cossack | 35995 |
| Craiggiemore | 8 |
| Cuddingwarra | 8 |
| Cue | 188 |
| Culham | 178 |
| Darlot | 2 |
| Dattening | 3 |
| David Copperfield Mine | 7 |
| Davyhurst | 1 |
| Day Dawn | 63 |
| Delambre Island | 2 |
| Derdebin | 4 |
| Dinninup | 1490 |
| Diorite King | 2 |
| Dore Island | 2 |
| Dowerin Lakes | 405 |
| Dunnsville | 1 |
| East Kirup Timber Mill | 8 |
| Edjudina | 39 |
| Eradu | 487 |
| Erlistoun | 9 |
| Eticup | 7 |
| Eucalyptus | 152 |
| Eucla | 58 |
| Euro | 12 |
| Ferguson Timber Mill (Lowden) | 1 |
| Ferguson Timber Mill (Yarloop) | 2 |
| Feysville | 180 |
| Field’s Find | 192 |
| Fields Find | 649 |
| Fly Flat | 2 |
| Gabanintha | 74 |
| Galena | 159 |
| Galena Bridge | 3 |
| Gap Well | 3 |
| Garden Gully | 9 |
| Geraldine | 141 |
| Geraldine Mine | 293 |
| Ghooli | 343 |
| Golden Valley | 14 |
| Goodwood | 29 |
| Goodwood Timber Mill (Donnybrook) | 888 |
| Goomarin | 1371 |
| Goongarrie | 6318 |
| Gordon | 5 |
| Grants Patch | 1 |
| Grass Patch | 15 |
| Greenough River | 492 |
| Gum Creek | 7 |
| Gwalia | 4657 |
| Hampton Plains | 7 |
| Hawk’s Nest | 3 |
| Hawks Nest (Laverton) | 4 |
| Hearson Cove | 1 |
| Higginsville | 685 |
| Holden’s Find | 2 |
| Holyoake | 10 |
| Howatharra | 2 |
| Ives Find | 1 |
| Jarman Island | 34 |
| Jibberding | 150 |
| Kallaroo | 64 |
| Kamballie | 130 |
| Kanowna | 4278 |
| Kathleen | 8 |
| Kathleen Valley | 29 |
| Kintore | 16 |
| Kodj Kodjin | 38 |
| Kookynie | 159 |
| Kudardup | 27 |
| Kulja | 17 |
| Kunanalling | 165 |
| Kurnalpi | 54 |
| Kurrajong | 8 |
| Kwelkan | 11 |
| Lake Austin | 116 |
| Lake Darlot | 7 |
| Lancefield | 5 |
| Lawlers | 12 |
| Linden | 1 |
| Londonderry | 58 |
| Ludlow (Capel / Busselton) | 460 |
| Malcolm | 708 |
| Mallina | 10 |
| Mangowine | 33 |
| Marchagee | 8 |
| Mark’s Siding | 10 |
| Marrinup | 4 |
| Maya | 35 |
| Merilup | 12 |
| Mertondale | 3 |
| Mia Moon | 68 |
| Minnivale | 219 |
| Mogumber | 875 |
| Mollerin | 3 |
| Mount Ida | 2 |
| Mount Malcolm | 322 |
| Mount Margaret | 12 |
| Mount Monger | 4 |
| Mount Morgans | 9 |
| Mulga Queen Community | 190 |
| Mulgabbie | 5 |
| Mulgarrie | 2 |
| Mulline | 1 |
| Mulwarrie | 1 |
| Mundaring Weir | 277 |
| Murrin Murrin | 529 |
| Nalkain | 812 |
| Nalkain Railway Siding | 12 |
| Nannine | 278 |
| Naretha Railway Siding | 9 |
| Needilup | 2 |
| Neta Vale Telegraph Station | 12 |
| New England | 1 |
| Niagara | 289 |
| Niagara (North) | 5 |
| Ninety Mile | 139 |
| Ninghan Station | 15 |
| Nippering | 6 |
| No 6 Pump Station (Ghouli) | 44 |
| Nomans Lake | 17 |
| Nugadong | 766 |
| Nullagine | 16 |
| Nungarin (North) | 27 |
| Nyamup | 5 |
| Old Dowerin | 143 |
| Old Halls Creek | 2514 |
| Ora Banda | 161 |
| Paddington | 5 |
| Payne’s Find | 103 |
| Paynesville | 9 |
| Peak Hill | 15 |
| Piesseville | 35 |
| Pilbarra | 16 |
| Pindalup Ports No.1 Timber Mill (Dwellingup) | 20 |
| Pindalup Railway Siding | 20 |
| Pingarning | 95 |
| Pingin | 3 |
| Pinjin | 15 |
| Pinyalling | 1 |
| Plavins | 15 |
| Port George IV | 1 |
| Quindalup Timber Mills | 3 |
| Red Lake School | 8 |
| Redcastle | 12 |
| Reedy | 10 |
| Roaring Gimlet | 149 |
| Rothesay | 42 |
| Rothsay | 63 |
| Sandstone | 16 |
| Shannon | 19 |
| Shay Gap | 1 |
| Sherlock | 3 |
| Siberia | 2 |
| Sir Samuel | 1 |
| Smithfield | 6 |
| Spargoville | 1 |
| Speakman’s Find | 1 |
| Stratherne | 5 |
| Sunday Island Misson Station | 44 |
| Surprise | 69 |
| Surprise South | 5 |
| Tampa | 9 |
| Tardun | 1 |
| Taylor’s Well | 316 |
| Taylors Well | 22 |
| Tenindewa | 8 |
| Tien Tsin | 62 |
| Trafalgar | 346 |
| Tuckanarra | 8 |
| Two Boys | 12 |
| Ularring | 189 |
| Ullaring | 24 |
| Vosperton | 1 |
| Walgoolan | 18 |
| Warriedar | 15 |
| Webb’s Patch | 1 |
| Whim Creek | 2 |
| White Feather | 4 |
| White Hope | 1 |
| White Well | 9 |
| Wittenoom | 1 |
| Woodley’s Find | 4 |
| Woolgangie | 3 |
| Woolgar | 201 |
| Woop Woop Timber Mill | 305 |
| Wyening | 30 |
| Wyola | 719 |
| Xantippe | 12 |
| Yandanooka | 135 |
| Yankee Town | 4 |
| Yarri | 1 |
| Yerilla | 44 |
| Yornup | 10 |
| Youanmi | 14 |
| Youndegin | 5 |
| Yundamindera | 1 |
| Yunndaga | 293 |
| Zanthus | 20 |
And here’s what our progress look like in a simple line graph!
People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns 