Ghosts WA

  • What is a Ghost Town?

    One of the question we are frequently asked is “What is meant by the term “Ghost Town”? What follows is an attempt to answer that question. A ghost town is a term used to describe a once-thriving or populated…

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  • Phase 3 starts

    On 28th March 2025, our project team started phase 3. This new phase of the project adds 16 new communities to the existing communities from the pilot (4) and phase 2 (15). To see the full listing of phase…

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  • Crime in Bowgada

    Murder in Bowgada

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  • Kundip Dreaming

    Kundip

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  • Bowgada

    Bowgada – an historic site in the Shire of Perenjori

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  • A contemporary account of the establishment of Cossack.

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  • Around 1900, regular information came filtering through on the Ularring District and its goldfields, claiming that they were likely to be ‘second to none’ in mining outcomes. Ularring was one of four districts of the North Coolgardie Goldfield, the others being Menzies,…

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  • An amusing tale

    I have just run across a gently amusing newspaper cutting from 1933 that I want to share with you… Coley Crane, a well-known Perth citizen, is interested in a very promising mining venture at Field’s Find. Recently he was…

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  • Symonds or Simounds?

    This is a delightful wedding group, with the bride, Miss Maggie Symonds, wearing “…a pretty dress of white silk with point lace, a tulle veil, and a coronet of orange blossoms…the presents were both numerous and costly”. Some 80…

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  • Announcing Phase 2

    On 23 October 2024, our team will start Phase 2 of the project. Following the completion of the Pilot Phase (Phase 1) on 30 September, the findings of the pilot were assessed and a report was submitted to the…

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  • When Mr Bernard Patrick Leslie, a former mayor of Kalgoorlie, died in 1933 at the age of 69, it came as a shock to the inhabitants of the goldfields. Reading his obituary, this tall, imposing man seemed indestructible. One…

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2 thoughts on “Ghosts WA

  1. Very interested to read article in recent Have a Go News. I wonder if you are connecting with Trevor Tough? He is contributing in a major way towards Outback Graves. Google search with his name will find the organisation. It would seem a great match of interests.

    Best wishes. Jan

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    1. Hello Jan, thank you for your interest in the project. We have certainly connected with Trevor Tough and the Committee, as Outback Grave Markers are one of our project partners. Through our collaboration with our partners (please refer to our website https://ghostswa.au/ to see the full listing), we are able to share information. This has proven very beneficial for our project and partners.
      Kind regards
      Tracie Mulvey
      Project Manager, People of Western Australia’s Ghost Towns

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