Region: Goldfields-Esperance
LGA: Shire of Leonora
Industry: Gold Mining
Coordinates: 28°54’48″S; 121°19’48″E
What3Words: ///bride.thickness.inner
Population: 2021 census has no result
Settled: 1897
Gazetted: N/A
Closed: 1963
In 1896, three Coolgardie prospectors discovered a rich gold reef near Mount Leonora, about 230km north of Kalgoorlie and Boulder. The Sons of Gwalia mine opened the following year, surrounded by a growing miners’ settlement of tents and rough shanties built of corrugated iron, timber and canvas2.
Sources
- Shire of Leonora, 2024. Gwalis Ghost Town and Museum. Photograph retrieved from https://www.gwalia.org.au/about/gwalia-buildings.aspx on 15 Oct 2024 ↩︎
- Shire of Leonora, 2024. Gwalis Ghost Town and Museum. Information retrieved from https://www.gwalia.org.au/about/history-of-gwalia.aspx on 15 Oct 2024 ↩︎
People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns 