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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  • Zanthus

    There’s more to Zanthus than its position at the end of every list of Western Australian place names. The name is derived from the latin name for the Kangaroo Paw, Western Austalia’s floral emblem. Zanthus appears to have started…

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  • New towns added

    Over the weekend we added 29 more names to the Ghost Towns list. We don’t expect them to be the last. A number of the new listings are schools that have closed in the Shire of Esperance. The list…

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  • Nungarin North

    Nungarin North was a small settlement about 2Km north of the current town of Nungarin. On 21 Aug 1912, a correspondent from the Merredin Mercury and Central Districts Index reported that that Mr A C McCorry had 700 acres…

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  • Our Pilot Communities

    For a project of this complexity, it is important to get the processes correct right from the beginning. To do this, we need to test our tools and work flows on real examples. So the Project team have chosen…

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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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