This document lists all communities included in our project (to date) by Administrative Region and Local Government Authority. At the bottom of the list, you can find a list of communities that are still being researched – here.

As at 24 Oct 2025, we have 612 identified ghost towns in 105 local government areas out of a total of 137 LGAs. We have also identified 818 alternate names for those 612 towns.

Gascoyne

The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. For more information about the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, please visit the Gascoyne Development Commission website and Wikipedia.

Carnarvon

The Shire of Carnarvon is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia about 900Km north of Perth. For more information about the Shire of Carnarvon, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
24	Galilea Mission
13	Gladstone Bay
9	Yankee Town

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Shark Bay

The Shire of Shark Bay is a local government area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. For more information about the Shire of Shark Bay, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
16	Bernier Island
16	Dorre Island
19	Faure Island
18	Hamelin Pool	Flagpole Landing

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Upper Gascoyne

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Bangemall	Bangemall Wayside Hotel Cobra Station Bangemall Police Station Thomas River Police Station Euranni Hotel Euranni Wayside Hotel
	Mount Clere	Mount Clere Police Station Mount Clere Station Mt Clere Mount Clere Well

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Goldfields-Esperance

The Goldfields-Esperance regions is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south eastern corner of Western Australia and covers an area of 770,448km². It includes the Little Sandy Desert and the Gibson Desert in the north and the Great Victoria Desert in the south. It also includes more than half of the ghost towns we have identified to date.

For further information about the regions visit the Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission and Wikipedia.

Coolgardie

The Shire of Coolgardie is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. For more information about the Shire of Coolgardie, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
12	45 Mile
20	Bonnie Vale	Bonnievale Bonny Vale 11 Mile
22	Boorabbin
25	Bullabulling
23	Burbanks
9	Calooli	Kalooli Calooli Railway Siding
2	Carbine	Carbine Gold Mind
5	Celebration City	Celebration
14	Dunnsville	Wealth of Nations Gold Mine
8	Fly Flat	Bayley’s Reward Mine
2	Higginsville	Two Boys
6	Kintore
7	Kunanalling	25 Mile Coonalion Coolalion Kunalling Connanalling Coonanation
24	Kundana	Kindana
13	Kurrawang
21	Larkinville	Alyns Railway Siding
4	Londonderry	Golden Hole Mine
	Montana
23	Moondine	Smithfield #2
27	Mungari	Mungarrie
10	Spargoville
14	St. Ives	Ives Find
17	Toorak
16	White Flag	21 Mile Twenty-one Mile
11	Widgiemooltha	Widgemooltha
15	Woolgangie

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Dundas

The Shire of Dundas is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. For more information about the Shire of Dundas, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
4	Buldania	Bedomia
23	Dundas
8	Eucla	Eucla Telegraph Station
15	Forrest Railway Station
9	Haig	Haig Railway Siding
10	Loongana Railway Siding
12	Mundrabilla	Mundrabilla Railway Siding
27	Nurina	Nurina Railway Siding
11	Princess Royal

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Esperance

The Shire of Esperance is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. For more information about the Shire of Esperance, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
10	Cascades
16	Circle Valley School
21	East Circle Valley School
26	East Dowak School
22	Grass Patch	Grass Patch School
19	Israelite Bay	Israelite Bay Telegraph Station Israelite Bay Jetty
26	Kumarl	Kumarle
6	Red Lake	Red Lake School
15	Rich Meadows School
14	Salmon Gums School
13	Treslove	Truslove
24	West Scadden	West Scadden School

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Kalgoorlie-Boulder

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Given the prevalence of mining settlements in our list, it will come as no surprise to anyone that there are three dozen communities in this listing.

Interesting fact: the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is larger in area than the country of Portugal. ¹

For more information about the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
11	Balagundi	Ballagundi
25	Balgarri	42 Mile Forty-two mile Fortytwo mile
18	Bardoc	Wycheproof Gold Mine
11	Binduli
16	Black Flag
22	Boorara
20	Broad Arrow	Kurawah
23	Brown Hill
5	Bulong	I.O.U. Lake Yindarlgooda Yindarlgooda
10	Carnage
	Corsair
20	Curtin	Curtin Railway Siding
15	Deakin Railway Siding
	Dingbat Flats	Dingbat Well No.1 Dingbat Well No.2 Dingbat Well No.3
3	Feysville
13	Gindalbie	Whitehead’s Find Vosperton
13	Gippsland	Hayes New Find The Gippsland Limited South Gippsland Gippsland & Northern Co-op
27	Goddards Railway Siding	Goddards Railway Siding Goddard Goddard’s Creek Ponton Creek
23	Gordon
25	Grants Patch	Grant’s Patch
25	Guddara	Paddington Sore Foot Rush
	Gunga	Old Gunga Gunga Railway Siding
	Hampton Plains	Glock 48 Wollubar Dam Woolubar Dam
18	Kallaroo	Kalaroo
9	Kalpini
13	Kamballie
4	Kanowna	White Feather Cement Workings
17	Karonie	Karonie POW Interment Camp
6	Kurnalpi	Mulgabbie Maori Gold Mine
17	Lakeside
19	Lakewood
18	Mount Monger	Mt Monger
	Mount Shea	Mt Shea
18	Mulgarrie	Haye’s Find Hayes Find Hit or Miss
5	Naretha	Naretha Railway Siding 205 Mile Camp
9	Ora Banda
12	Parkeston	Parkeston Railway Siding Parkston Railway Siding
10	Reid	Reid Railway Siding
16	Scotia	Sutherland’s Siding #2
14	Siberia	Waverley
8	Smithfield	Smithfield (1st Site) Smithfield (3rd Site) 2
	Taurus	Taurus Dam
15	Trafalgar
24	Wilban	Wilban Railway Siding
	Windanya	Windania
7	Zanthus

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Laverton

The Shire of Laverton is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located almost 1,000Km north east of Perth. For more information about the Shire of Laverton, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
15	Beria	Lancefield Lancefield Gold Mine Lancefield Hotel
15	Blamey	Blamey Railway Siding
11	Boondaroo	Boondaroo Railway Siding Boonderoo
	Box Creek	Box Soak
	British Flag 3
14	Burtville	Meriola
19	Chifley	Chifley Railway Siding
16	Childe Harold	Child Harold
4	Coonana	Coonana Railway Siding
27	Cox’s Find	Coxs Find
10	Duketon	Duketon Well Lauriston Mine Golden Spinifex Mine Rose of Persia Walleroo The Patch mine
22	Erlistoun	Erlistown Borodale Creek Mistake Creek 29 Mile The Erlistoun Little Doris Erliston
21	Euro
13	Golden Ridge	Golden Ridge Railway Siding Waterfall
24	Kitchener	Kitchener Railway Siding
9	Mount Margaret	Kalgara Mount Margaret Aboriginal Mission Mt Margaret Mt. Margaret
12	Mount Morgans	Mount Morgan Mt Morgans Mt Morgan Morgans Morgan
7	Mulga Queen	Nurra Kurramunoo
23	Randalls Railway Siding
17	Windarra	Mount Windarra Mt Windarra

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Leonora

The Shire of Leonora is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located almost 830Km north east of Perth. For more information about the Shire of Leonora, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

As at 23 Oct 2025, we have identified 26 ghost towns in the Shire of Leonora, with a further 40 alternate names that must also be researched.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
4	4 Mile
17	Agnew
5	Bummers Creek	Bummer’s Creek Quataara Mia Katara
25	Darlot	Woodarra Lake Darlot
12	Desdemonia	Desdemona
21	Doyle’s Well	Doyles Well Cutmore’s Well
23	Eulamina	Anaconda
2	Gwalia	Sons of Gwalia
6	Kathleen Valley	Kathleen
10	Kundip 4	Coondip Harbour View
7	Kurrajong	Currajong Diorite King
13	Lawlers
27	Melita
26	Mertondale
3	Mount Malcolm	Malcolm Mt Malcolm
	Murrin Murrin
20	Pendinnie	Pennyweight Point
	Pig Well
11	Poison Creek
19	Pykes Hollow	Pikes Hollow Pyke’s Hollow, Pyke Hollow Nunyarra Pike Well
	Redcastle	Redcastle Reward Redcastle Well #1 Redcastle Well #2 Redcastle Well #3
15	Sir Samuel	Samuel Mount Sir Samuel Mt Sir Samuel
16	Teutonic Bore
8	Vivien	Harris
25	White Hope
18	Yundamindera	Eucalyptus Yundermindera Yundaminera Yundermindra Granites The Granites Yunderamindera Treasure East Pososi Gold Mine

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Menzies

The Shire of Menzies is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. North of Kalgoorlie, it covers an area of 124,635 square kilometres. For more information about the Shire of Menzies, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

As at 23 Oct 2025, we have identified 24 ghost towns in the Shire of Menzies, with a further 38 alternate names that must also be researched.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
9	14 Mile
8	4 Mile
27	Batavia
24	Butterfly	Blue Butterfly Golden Butterfly
18	Callion	Speakman’s Find Speakmans Find
13	Comet Vale
19	Davyhurst	Davyston Mace’s Find
10	Edjudina	Edjudina Station
15	Evanston
1	Goongarrie	90 Mile Ninety Mile Canegrass Canegrass Swamp Hotel Roaring Gimlet
14	Kookynie
22	Linden	Griffithston
25	Mount Catherine	Mt Catherine
15	Mount Ida	Mt Ida Ida H Ida N Ida North Copperfield David Copperfield Mine The Copperfield
12	Mulline
16	Mulwarrie	Mount Higgins Mt Higgins Credo Station Pastoral Lease
6	Niagara	North Niagara
5	Pinjin	Pingin
16	Tampa	Dingo Creek Dingo Rock
2	Ullaring	Ularing Ularring Ullarring
17	Wooladdie
4	Woolgar	Yunndaga Yunndega Yundagga Yundaga
11	Yarri	New Ejudina Yarrie Station
7	Yerilla	Yerilla Station

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Ravensthorpe

The Shire of Ravensthorpe is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Located halfway between the city of Albany and the town of Esperance and about 530 kilometres from Perth, the Shire covers an area of 13,551 km². For more information about the Shire of Ravensthorpe, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
20	Desmond	Mount Desmond Mt Desmond
10	Fitzgerald
24	Hatters Hill	Hatters Hill Ironcaps Mount Purchas Mt Purchas
4	Hawks Nest	Hawkes Nest Gold Mine Hawkes Nest The Pearling Grounds Hawk’s Nest
	Phillips River

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Wiluna

The Shire of Wiluna is about 950 Km northeast of  Perth. The Shire covers an area of 182,155 Km² . To find out more check out Shire of Wiluna and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Essex Gold Mine
7	Gum Creek
	New England	New England Goldfield Sim’s Find Corboy’s Find New Corboy Find
14	Xmas Yard Mustering Camp

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Great Southern

The Great Southern region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. Located on the south coast, it has an area of 39,007 square kilometers. It is centered around the historic city of Albany, location of the first white settlement in Western Australia. For further information about the region please visit the WA Government’s site and Wikipedia.

Albany

The City of Albany is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, 410Km SSE of Perth. For more information about the City of Albany, please visit the city’s website and Wikipedia.

From the ancient Menang Noongar history to the arrival of other cultures, Albany’s strategic importance as the site of the first port in WA, the city’s connection to the ANZAC story and other moments through time have developed the thriving multicultural community of today.

In 2026, Albany will host Western Australia’s first Bicentenary. ⁵

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	C & E Millar Timber Mills	C & E Millar No.1 Timber Mill Torbay

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Denmark

Denmark is a coastal town located on Wilson Inlet, 423 kilometres SSE of Perth. For more information about Denmark check out Denmark Western Australia and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
19	Mark’s Siding	Nornalup Group 116 Tingledale
26	Nyamup

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Gnowangerup

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
11	Pallinup	Pallinup Soldier Settlement Pallinup Railway Siding Telyarup Homestead Pallingup

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Jerramungup

The Shire of Jerramungup is about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northeast of Albany and about 440 kilometres southeast of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 6,507 km² with Bremer Bay its largest town. For further information check out Shire of Jerramungup and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
15	Jureen Mission	Jerramungup Mission Miles Rock Djurain
20	Needilup

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Katanning

The Shire of Katanning is about 170 kilometres north of Albany and about 290 kilometres southeast of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,518 Km^2. For more information, check out Shire of Katanning and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Eticup	Yeticup Ettakup Etticup Edicup

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Kojonup

The Shire of Kojonup is about 250 kilometres southeast of Perth, along Albany Highway. The Shire covers an area of 2,932km². For further information, please check out Shire of Kojonup and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
12	Carrolup	Marribank Mission

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Plantagenet

The Shire of Plantagenet is managed from the town of Mount Barker, 360 kilometres (224 mi) south of Perth and 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Albany. The shire covers an area of 4,792 Km² and includes the communities of Narrikup, Rocky Gully, Kendenup and Porongurup. For further information, check out Shire of Plantagenet and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
17	Tolbrunup	Lake Toolbrunup

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Woodanilling

The Shire of Woodanilling is about 30 kilometres south of Wagin and about 260 kilometres SSE of Perth. For further information check out Shire of Woodanilling and Wikipedia.

Woodanilling was named after a spring in the Boyerine Creek one kilometre south of the townsite. This spring, situated among the Casuarinas and flooded gums, used to flow into a beautiful pool which became a gathering place for the districts new settlers and became known as Round Pool. ⁶

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Beaufort River	Beaufort River Police Station
3	Boyarine	Boyardine

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Kimberley

The Kimberley is is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts, and on the east by the Northern Territory. I was named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley. For more information check out Wikipedia.

With an area spanning 423,000km² (that’s roughly three times the size of England, or twice the size of Victoria) the Kimberley in Western Australia’s remote north, is a unique holiday destination quite unlike anywhere else on Earth. ⁷

Broome

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Lacepede Islands	Lacepede Island Police Station Lacepedes West Island East Island Sandy Island
	Pender	Pender Bay Police Station Bullabullaman Creek

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Derby-West Kimberley

The Shire of Derby–West Kimberley covers an area of 104,080 Km², most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire’s population as at the 2016 Census was almost 8,000, with most residing in the major towns of Derby, and Fitzroy Crossing. For further information check out Shire of Derby-West Kimberley and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Barrier	Barrier Police Station
12	Bungarun	Derby Leprosarium Bungaran
	Isdell	Isdell Police Station Isdell River Isdell Gorge Isdell Range
20	Kunmunya Mission	Port George IV Kwinana Mission
	Lennard River	Lennard Police Station Lennard River Police Station Lennard Gorge Lennard River Gorge
	Lillamaloora	Lillamaloora Police Station Lillimooloora Lillawaloora Station Lillmaloora
	Robinson River	Robinson River Police Station Robinson River Station
9	Sunday Island Mission Station	Wotjulum
	Tableland	Tableland Police Station Robinson River Station

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Halls Creek

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Fletcher’s Creek	Fletcher’s Creek Police Station Fletcher Creek
3	Old Halls Creek	Halls Creek 8 Elvire Creek Elvire Creek Police Station Black Elvire Black Elvire River Elvire River Old Elvire Elvire Gorge Saunders Creek,
	Ruby Creek	44 Gallon Drum Butchers Gully Mount Bradley Nuggetty Gully Palm Springs Rosie’s Corner Rosie’s Flat Ruby Plains Ruby Queen

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Wyndham-East Kimberley

The Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley covers an area of 117,514 Km² at Western Australia’s remote northeastern corner. For more information, check out Shire of Wyndham | East Kimberley and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
23	4 Mile
15	Argyle Police Station	Wild Dog Police Station
27	Camden Harbour	The Camden Harbour Expedition Camden Harbour Government Camp
	Denham River	Denham Station Dunham River Dunham River Police Station Dunham River Homestead

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Mid West

The Mid West is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about 200 Km north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to 450 Km east of Wiluna in the Gibson Desert.

The Mid West has unique natural assets such as Kalbarri National Park, Abrolhos Islands, the Hutt Lagoon pink lake, wildflowers, dark skies and unique geologic formations. ⁹

To find out more about the Mid West region, visit Mid West Development Corporation and Wikipedia.

Carnamah

The Shire of Carnamah is about 310 kilometres north of Perth, the state capital, and about 181 Km south of the city of Geraldton. The Shire covers an area of 2,876 Km². For more information visit Shire of Carnamah and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Five Gums	Five Gums Well
12	Winchester

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Chapman Valley

The Shire of Chapman Valley is immediately northeast of the City of Geraldton and about 440 Km north of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,965 Km² and its seat of government is the small town of Nabawa. For more information about Chapman Valley, check out Shire of Chapman Valley and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
9	Nanson	Mount Erin Mt Erin Mount Erin Estate Mt Erin Estate Mt Erin Station
26	Naraling
	Narra Tarra	Narratarra Protheroe
7	Yetna	Yetna Railway Siding

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Coorow

The Shire of Coorow is about 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Perth, the state capital, and about 130 Km south of the city of Geraldton. The Shire covers an area of 4,194 Km² and its seat of government is the town of Coorow, with the largest settlement being Leeman. For more information about Coorow, please see Shire of Coorow and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
15	Gunyidi	Gunnyidi Siberia Fettlers Camp 132 Mile
24	Marchagee
13	Waddy Forest	Waddi Forest

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Cue

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Austin	Lake Austin The Island Lake Austin
2	Big Bell	Paton’s Find Coolardy Reef Coolardy Reward Little Bell Townsend Paton’s Coolardy Reward Coodardy Dutton’s Soak
20	Clinch Well 10	Clinch’s Well Clinches Well
23	Cuddingwarra	Dead Finish Dead Fish
11	Cue
10	Day Dawn	4 Mile Four Mile Bundewadra
6	Garden Well	Gardner’s Well
	Mainland	Mainland Well
21	Milly Soak	Millie Soak
21	Mindoolah	Madoonga Station
27	Moyagee	Ned’s Well
8	Nallan	Nallan Railway Siding
17	Pinnacles	Pinnacles Well
12	Reedy
27	Stake Well	Mummarra Baxter and Bray Timber Mill
9	Tuckanarra	Cork Tree Flat Boyds
	Webb’s Patch

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Greater Geraldton

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Abrolhos Islands	Houtman Abrolhos
9	Ambania
	Beardie Pool
4	Bootenal	Boolungu Bootanoo Bootanu Bootenal Railway Siding
24	Bunbenoo
24	Central Greenough	Greenough Greenough Flats 11
2	Eradu	Greenough River
19	Grants	Grants Railway Siding Grant’s
12	Indarra	Indarra Railway Siding
18	Kojarena	Bringo Kojarena Railway Siding Bringo Railway Siding Newmarracarra Homestead
	Leda	Leda Railway Siding
25	Muddada Pool	Muddeda Pool
	Narngulu	Narngulu Railway Siding Mullewa Junction Greenough Regional Prison
	Northern Gully
11	Pindar	Pindar Railway Siding
16	Tardun	Undatarra Wilroy Well
	Wilroy	Onteru Onteru Spring Onterru Onterru Spring Onterro Onterro Spring Kockatea 2nd Site Kockatea 2

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Irwin

The Shire of Irwin is in the Mid West region, about 50 km south of Geraldton and about 360 km north of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,374 km², and its seat of government is the town of Dongara.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Bookara
	Irwin	Irwin Inlet Irwin Springs Irwin River Irwin Hills
11	Strawberry	Strawberry Railway Siding

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Meekatharra

Known to many as simply “Meeka”, the Shire of Meekatharra is about halfway between the town of Port Hedland and Perth. The Shire covers an area of 100,789 Km².  If you want to know more about the area, check Shire of Meekatharra and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
18	Abbotts	Abbott’s Abbott’s Find
7	Burnakura
27	Cashmans	Cashmans Bore Cashman’s Bore
14	Chesterfield
	Horseshoe	Horseshoe Bend The Shoe
4	Gabanintha
17	Gap Well
6	Garden Gully
26	Holdens	Holden’s Find Mikhaburra
	Mount Gould	Mount Gould Police Station Mount Gould Station Mt Gould
	Mount Labouchere	Labouchere Mt Labouchere Mount Labouchere Police Station Labouchere Police Station Labouchere Well
16	Nannine	Munarra Gully Travellers Rest Annean Lake Annean Nannine Police Station
12	Paroo	White Well
15	Peak Hill
13	Quinns
19	Star of the East	Star Porell
9	Yaloginda	12 Mile Twelve Mile Twelve-Mile Sirdar Veins

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Mingenew

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Yandanooka

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Morawa

The Shire of Morawa is about 170 kms east-southeast of the city of Geraldton and about 390 Kms north of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 3,516 Km². For more information, please check out Shire of Morawa and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Canna	Pindawa
15	Gutha
11	Pintharuka
22	Tilley Siding

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Mount Magnet

The Shire of Mount Magnet is about 570 Kms north-northeast of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 13,692 Km². For more information see Shire of Mount Magnet and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	59 Mile 12
21	Boogardie
17	Lennonville	8 Mile Eight Mile
25	Murrum	Munbinia Munbinnia Murrum Station
8	Paynesville	Paynton Fords East Mount Magnet
	Pig Well
10	Poverty Flats
20	Yoweragabbie

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Murchison

The Shire of Murchison is in the Mid West region. Including most of the Murchison and East Murchison goldfields, the shire is named after the Murchison River. It is Australia’s least-populated LGA and the only one without an official town. Five sparsely populated rural localities, and the shire includes 29 pastoral stations. For more information, please check out Shire of Murchison and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Beringara	Beringarra Beringara Police Station Beringarra Police Station

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Northampton

The Shire of Northampton is about 50 Kms north of Geraldton and about 460 Kms north of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 13,738 Km, and, while its seat of government is the town of Northampton, the largest settlement is Kalbarri. For more information, please see Shire of Northampton and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
19	Ajana
3	Galena	Geraldine Geraldine Mine Galena Bridge Surprise Surprise South
20	Lynton Convict Hiring Depot	Linton Convict Depot Lynton Homestead Sanford House
16	Norman’s Well	Norman’s Well Norman Well Mine Normans Well Mine
5	Ogilvie	Yuba Ogilivie
	Port Gregory	Port Gregory Police Station Gregory Boat Harbour Pakington
	Shepherds Lode	Nana Taira Cu Mine
	Wanerenooka	Wanerenooka Police Station

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Perenjori

The Shire of Perenjori is about 360 Kms north of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 8,313 Km². For more information, please check out Shire of Perenjori and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
25	Bowgada	Chubble
8	Bunjil	Bundjil
15	Caron
25	Koolanooka
26	Maya	Pocanmaya
3	Rothsay	Bothsay Rothesay Woodley’s Find Woodleys Find
7	Warriedar

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Sandstone

The Shire of Sandstone is about 740 Kms northeast of Perth. The Shire covers an area of Km², and you can find out more by visiting Shire of Sandstone and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
6	71 Mile Well
14	Barrambie
18	Birrigrin	50 Mile Fifty Mile
21	Black Range	Nunngarra Nunngurra
4	Gums	The Gums
10	Hacks	Hacks Well Hack’s Well
7	Jonesville	Jonesville Bore Jones Find Swan Bitter Mine North End Mine
26	Maninga Marley
25	Montague
9	Range View	Bellchambers
	Sandstone	Sandstone Brewery
8	Two Mile	2 Mile
13	Youanmi	Yuani Youani Coorang Youanne Youanme You-and-me You-and-I

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Three Springs

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
20	Arrino
	Dudawa

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Wongan-Ballidu

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Damboring	Damboring Railway Siding
	Kondut

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Yalgoo

The Shire of Yalgoo is about 500 Kms north of Perth and covers an area of 28,215 Km². For more information check out Shire of Yalgoo and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
15	Beelene	Chain Pump
11	Carlaminda	Delaney’s Reef
27	Clinch Well	Clinch’s Well Clinches Well
23	Deep Well	Nannowtharra Narrowtharra The Brothers Deepwell
24	Ederga
2	Field’s Find	Fields Find
19	Gnows Nest	Gnow’s Nest
20	Golden Grove
18	Gullewa	Barnong Gullewa Mine
10	Joker	Bilberatha Notte’s Find
13	Messengers Patch	Messenger’s Patch
7	Ninghan	Ninghan Station Pinyalling Mount Pinyalling Mt Pinyalling Pingaling Pingalling Grey County Mount Singleton Lake Moore
	Noongal	Melville Square Well (? – see Square Well in Phase 25)
6	Paynes	Payne’s Find
21	Pindathuna
25	Square Well
21	Teindewa	Kockatea No.1 55 Mile Railway Siding
14	Wadgingarra
26	Woolgerong
27	Wuraga	Wuraga Dam Wuraga Railway Siding
22	Yuin

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Peel

The Peel region is located on the west coast of Western Australia, about 75 Kms south of Perth. It consists of the City of Mandurah, and the Shires of Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale and Waroona. The economy of the Peel region is dominated by mining and mineral processing including bauxite, gold and mineral sands. It includes an aluminium refinery. ¹⁵

Boddington

The Shire of Boddington is about 120 Kms south-east of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,901 Km² and you can find out more at Shire of Boddington and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
26	Maradong
16	Wuraming	Campbell

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Murray

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Amphion	Amphion Railway Siding Amphion Timber Mill
10	Banksiadale
	Duncan’s Timber Mill
13	Holyoake	Holyoake Timber Mill
21	Hotham Timber Mill	Hotham River Scheme
18	Huntly	Huntley Huntly Settlement Myara
12	Inglehope
	Marrinup	Marrinup No.16 Marrinup POW Camp
7	P. W. D. Timber Mill
2	Pindalup	Vincent Vincent Railway Siding Pindalup Ports No 1 Timber Mill Pindalup Ports No 2 Timber Mill Pindalup Railway Siding Pindalup Ports
4	Plavins	Plavins Timber Mill Plavins Railway Siding
9	Tullis
17	Whittakers Timber Mill

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Serpentine-Jarradale

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home

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Waroona

The Shire of Waroona is between Mandurah and Harvey and about 110 Kms south of Perth. The Shire covers an area of about 835 km² . You can find out more at Shire of Waroona and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
16	11 Mile	11 Mile Timber Mill 11 Mile School
21	Nanga
6	Wagerup	Waigerup Waigeerup Wagerup Police Station
14	Waterous	Waterous Mill

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Perth

Most of the Perth Metropolitan Region is outside the scope of this project. However there are just a few places that do fall within the project’s definition of a ghost community.

Kalamunda

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
23	Barton’s Mill	Barton’s Mill Prison
11	Canning Mills
12	Carilla	Beamulla
3	Carinyah	Carinyah Forestry Settlement
7	Mason and Bird Timber Mill	Mason’s Mill The Hills Station
8	Smailes Mill
	Weston’s Mill

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Mundaring

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Dyke’s Timber Mill	Dyke’s Lumber Mill Dykes Mill
20	Lion Timber Mill
7	Mundaring Weir	No. 1 Pumping Station Goldfields Weir Hotel Travellers Inn Horton’s Half-way House Lakes Road-house Travellers Rest
12	No.2 Pumping Station	Sawyers Valley

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Pilbara

Radiocarbon dating estimates in evidence show that rock art and standing stones at Murujuga in the Dampier Archipelago, Australia’s earliest known stone structures, [believed to date] from 6046 to 5338 BC, are of contextualization [of] thousands of years of unique cultural traditions. 

Ashburton

The Shire of Ashburton covers an area of 105,647 Km². It is named after the Ashburton River. The shire’s administration centre is in the town of Tom Price. For more information, visit Shire of Ashburton and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
19	Coorara Claypan
26	Dead Finish 18
	Mount Mortimer	Mt Mortimer Mortimer Bore
6	Old Onslow
25	Wittenoom

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East Pilbara

The Shire of East Pilbara covers an area of 372,571 Km², larger than the states of Victoria and Tasmania combined. The Shire’s seat of government, and home to nearly half the Shire’s population, is the town of Newman in the shire’s south-west. For more information, go to Shire of East Pilbara and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Bamboo	Bamboo Creek
17	Cooglegong
25	Coongan	Coongan Railway Siding Talga Talga
6	Corunna Downs	Corunna Downs Station Corunna Downs Airbase Corunna Downs Airfield
	Golden Gate
	Goldsworthy
26	Moolyella
27	Poondino
	Roy Hill	Roy Hill Station Christmas Creek Mine Cloud Break Mine Mount Lewin Mount Nicholas Roy Hill Mine
	Shay Gap

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Karratha

The City of Karratha, in the Pilbara region, covers an area of 15,882 Km² and had a population of 22,199 in the 2021 census.¹⁹ For more information check out City of Karratha and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Andover	Old Woodbrook Andover Station
24	Balla Balla	Ballaballa
14	Barrow Island
1	Cossack	TienTsin Bajinhurrba Butcher’s Inlet Bungaran Lazarette Jarman Island
13	Delambre Island
22	Enderby Island
26	Hearson Cove
11	Mallina	Mallina Police Station Malina
20	Sherlock Station
21	Whim Creek

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Port Hedland

The Town of Port Hedland is includes the settlements of Port Hedland and South Hedland and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. Very few of its 15,684 residents live outside of these settlements. For more information visit Town of Port Hedland and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
6	De Grey	De Grey Police Station De Grey Homestead DeGrey
19	Egina	Egina Well
4	Pilbarra	Pilbarra Creek Pilbarra Pool Yandeyarra Hotel Yule River
18	Shellborough
	Station Peak	Station Peak Police Station Station Peak Gold Mine
12	Talga Talga	Tilga Tilga

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South West

The South West region has an area of 23,970 Km² and has a diverse economy ranging from mineral sands to viticulture to wine. It is the most popular tourist destination in WA after Perth. You can learn more about the south west at South West Life and Wikipedia.

Augusta-Margaret River

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River is about 270 Kms south of Perth. The shire covers an area of 2,243 Km² and for more information check out Shire of Augusta Margaret River and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
24	Boranup	Dianella
23	East Witchcliffe	Group Settlement 57 Group 57 Narawary Narrawary Walgine
11	Jarrahdene Timber Mill 20
7	Kudardup	Coodardup Kudardup Mill Coodardup Caves
16	Nillup
10	Preston No.2 Timber Mill

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Boyup Brook

The Shire of Boyup Brook is about 270 Kms southeast of Perth and you can find out all about it at Shire of Boyup Brook and Wikipedia.

The shire’s name is derived from the Aboriginal word Booyup, meaning “Place of Big Smoke”, referring to the smoke from the burning of grasstrees, or “Place of Big Stones”, in reference to the large granite rocks surrounding the Upper Blackwood area. ²¹

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
3	Dinninup	Dinninup Vale Dinningup
24	Vincent Timber Mill 22
11	Wilga	Wilga Railway Siding Wilga Timber Mill
2	Woop Woop	Woop Woop Timber Mill Woop-Woop

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Bridgetown-Greenbushes

The Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes is about 80 Kms southeast of Bunbury and about 260 Kms south of Perth. For more information about the area check out Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
19	Blackwood Police Station	Blackwood Bridge Police Station Blackwood No.1 Police Station Geegelup Police Station
3	Brown’s Mill
13	Catterick
12	Hester	Hester Brook Dalgarup Dalgarup Brook
24	Moojebing
25	North Greenbushes
14	South Greenbushes	South Bunbury Bunbury End
	Timber Corporation Timber Mill – Greenbushes
8	Yornup

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Bunbury

The City of Bunbury is in the South West region covering an area of about 66 Km² along the coast about 180Km south of Perth and has a population of 32,000.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
23	Abba River

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Busselton

The City of Busselton is in the South West region about 230 km south of Perth. The city covers an area of 1,455 km² and had a population of 40,640 in 2021.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
9	Jindong	Lennox Group Settlement 57 Group 57
16	Lockeville	Lockeville Timber Mill Ballarat Lockville
6	Quilerup
15	Quindalup Timber Mills
23	Sussex Timber Mill

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Capel

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
3	Ludlow	Ludlow Bridge Ludlow Forestry Mill Ludlow Forestry Settlement North Ludlow
27	Wright Timber Mill	Wright’s Timber Mill

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Collie

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Beela Railway Siding	Bila Railway Siding
	Buckingham	Muja Open Cut Coal Mine Cabbage Tree Hotel Buckingham Mill
24	Fernbrook Railway Siding	Lunenburg Railway Siding
8	Lewis & Reid Timber Mills	Lewis & Reid Timber Mills Forward Camp
	Lucknow timber Mill
14	Lyalls Mill	Lyall’s Timber Mill Lyell’s Timber Mill Lyall Mill Lyall
	Millbrook	Millbrook Railway Siding Upper Millbrook
	Port’s No.1 Timber Mill
	Port’s No.3 Timber Mill
12	Sexton & Drysdale Timber Mill
18	Shotts	Benelaking
10	Worsley Timber Mill

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Dardanup

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
13	Wellington Mills	Wellington Timber Mills

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Donnybrook-Balingup

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Argyle	Argyle Timber Mill
27	Baxter & Prince Timber Mill	Baxter & Prince No.1 Timber Mill
2	Ferguson Timber Mills 23	Ferguson Timber Mill – Lowden Ferguson Timber Mill – Yarloop
1	Goodwood	Goodwood Timber Mill
5	Grimwade	East Kirup Timber Mill East Kirup
	Harrington Timber Mill
6	Hedge’s Timber Mill
8	Newlands	Newlands Railway Siding
	Port’s No.2 Timber Mill
	Quongup	Quongup Brook Quongup Falls Quongup Mill

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Harvey

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Asquith Timber Log Falling Camp	Asquith Asquith Concession Asquith Bridge Long Gully Bridge
	Belvidere	Belvedere Bellevedere Hudson’s Grant
2	Ferguson Timber Mills 24	Ferguson Timber Mill – Lowden Ferguson Timber Mill – Yarloop
18	Hakea
	Hoffman Timber Mills	New Hoffman Hoffman No.1 Timber Mill Hoffman, No.2 Timber Mill
17	Klondyke Timber Mill
	Miellup	Myalup Myalup Timber Mill Myalup Pines
	Mornington	Camp Mornington Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Morning Timber Mill Mornington Mills Mornington Station
27	Stonehouse Camp
15	Tallanalla
26	Treesville	Treesville Timber Mill Treesville Mill
14	Willowdale	Willowdale Forests Department Settlement
19	Yarloop No.5 Timber Mill

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Manjimup

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Jardee	Jarnadup
6	Shannon

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Merredin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
2	Goomarin

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Nannup

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
26	Barrabup Timber Mill
	Claymore	Swan Timber Mill Swan Saw Mill Claymore Timber Mill Claymore Railway Siding
17	Dellerton Railway Siding
19	Donnelly River Timber Mill	Donnelly River Village
23	Ellis Creek	Ellis Creek Timber Mill

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Pingelly

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Stanton Springs	Stanton Springs Police Station Staunton Springs

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Wheatbelt

Beverley

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
7	Mount Kokeby	Kokeby Mt Kokeby

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Brookton

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
11	Aldersyde
14	Kweda

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Bruce Rock

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
20	Ardath	Kerkerin
25	Belka	Totadgin Ulva Ulva Siding
23	Kwolyin	Koarin

Chittering

The Shire of Chittering is in the Wheatbelt region, covering an area of about 1,200 square kilometres just beyond the northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area. Its seat of government is the town of Bindoon. If you want to know more check out Shire of Chitting and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Mooliabeenee25	Mooliabeenie Mooliabeenee Railway Siding Mooliabeenee Hill

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Corrigin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Bilbarin	Wogerlin
9	Bullaring
13	Bulyee	Bulyee Railway Siding
17	Gorge Rock
20	Jubuk	Jubuk Well Jubuk Siding
	Kunjin	Kunjinn Railway Siding Kunjin Kunjin Railway Siding
21	Lomos	Lomas
24	Mears
15	Nyala
	Weam	Weam Railway Siding

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Cuballing

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
3	Aldinga	Stratherne Strathearn
18	Yornaning	Yornan Siding Yornanmunging Yernanunging Water Tank

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Cunderdin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
27	No.3 Pumping Station	Cunderdin
17	Youdegin

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Dalwallinu

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Buntine	Buntine Police Station
4	Jibberding
5	Mia Moon	Miamoon Mia-moon
1	Nugadong
8	Xantippe

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Dandaragan

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Dandaragan	Dandaragan Police Station

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Dowerin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Amery	Amery Railway Siding Ejanding
2	Dowerin Lakes	Old Dowerin
5	Minnivale	Nenin 36 Mile Post of the Rabbit Proof Fence

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Dumbleyung

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
14	Bullock Hills
6	Candlelight	Candlelight Siding
19	Coomelberrup	Coomelberrup Lake
20	Datatine
18	Dongolocking
17	Kilburn
10	Kukerin	North Kukerin
5	Merilup	Merilup Brook
25	Moulyinning
7	Nairibin	Brambrae School Nairibin Soak Nairibin Rock
9	Nippering	North Nippering
4	Pingarning
24	Tarin Rock
13	Wishbone	Coarring Mount Pleasant Mt Pleasant

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Kellerberrin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
6	Baandee	Lake Baandee
	Hines Hill
11	Nangeenan	Bainding

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Kent

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Nola	Nola Railway Siding

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Koorda

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
24	Kulja
24	Mollerin

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Kulin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
4	Jitarning	Geetaring

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Lake Grace

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
10	Buniche	Buniche Dam
17	Lake Biddy

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Merredin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Gilgai	No. 7 Pumping Station
25	No.4 Pumping Station	Merredin

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Moora

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Round Hill	Nardy Nardie

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Mount Marshall

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
21	Welbungin	Polkingholme’s Corner Welbunging
	Wialki	Datjoin

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Mukinbudin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
10	Bonnie Rock	Bonny Rock
	Lake Brown	Kalkalling
27	Wilgoyne

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Narrembeen

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
22	Emu Hill
	South Kumminin	Arrowsmith

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Narrogin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Noman’s Lake	Nomans Lake

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Northam

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
26	Irishtown	Irish Town
	Koojedda	Kojedda South Koojedda 45 ¼ mile crossing

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Nungarin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
25	Campion
22	Chandler
5	Kwelkan	Quelcan Well
7	Mangowine	Mangowine Well Mangowine Inn Mangowine Primary School
21	North Nungarin

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Pingelly

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
3	Dattening	Taylor’s Well Taylors Well
26	Kulyalling	Kylaling Westbrook Railway Siding
20	Mourambine

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Quairading

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
8	Balkuling	Balkulling
	Jacob’s Well	Jacobs Well Jacob’s Siding
	Pantapin	Ulakain Pantapin Railway Siding

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Tammin

The Shire of Tammin is about 80 Kms west of Merredin and about 180 Kms east of Perth, Tammin is one of the least populous local government areas in Western Australia with only 386 people recorded in the 2021 Census²⁶.  For more information visit Shire of Tammin and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
2	Wyola	Wyola West
18	Yorkrakine	North Tammin27

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Toodyay

The Shire of Toodyay is located on the north-eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The Shire covers an area of 1,694 Km². For more detailed information about the Shire, go to Shire of Toodyay and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Baylup	Bailup Baylup Police Station Bailup Police Station
6	Culham
14	Jimperding	Jumperding Timperding

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Trayning

The Shire of Trayning is about 60 Kms northwest of Merredin and about 240 Kms east of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 1,651 Km². For more information check out Shire of Trayning and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
4	Kodj Kodjin	North Baandee
23	Korrelocking
11	Yelbeni	Yelbene Yelbini

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Victoria Plains

The Shire of Victoria Plains is about 160 Kms north of Perth. It covers an area of 2,569 Km², and its seat of government is the town of Calingiri. More information can be found at Shire of Victoria Plains and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
12	Gillingarra
5	Mogumber	Moore River Native Settlement Mogumber Native Settlement
7	Wyening
20	Yerecoin

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Wagin

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
5	Piesseville	Buchanan Buchanan River Barton Piesse

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Wandering

The Shire of Wandering is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region , and, with a population of 444 as at the 2016 census, is one of the nation’s smallest. It covers an area of 1,901 Km² to the east of Albany Highway about 120 Kmx south-east of Perth. For more information check out Shire of Wandering and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
14	36 Mile Police Station
19	Gleneagle	Glen Eagle
2	Neta Vale	Neta Vale Telegraph Station Neta Vale Homestead

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West Arthur

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Arthur River	Arthur River Police Station 125 Mile Mount Pleasant Inn Mt Pleasant Inn The Arthur
21	Bowelling
	Woagin	131 Mile 131 Mile Police Station

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Westonia

The Shire of Westonia is in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about 310 Kms east of Perth,

Although the Shire of Westonia is located in the Wheatbelt region, it is at the eastern limit of land suitable for wheat growing. The most important industries of Westonia today are wheat and sheep, but historically it was a gold mining area. ²⁸

For more information, check out Shire of Westonia and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
19	Boodarockin	Boodarockin Railway Station
	Egg Rock	Egg Rock Tank Egg Rock Runnoff
5	Walgoolan
14	Warralakin	Warralakin Railway Siding Geelakin Gelacki

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Wickepin

The Shire of Wickepin is east of Narrogin and about 220 Kms southeast of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,042 Km². For more information refer to Shire of Wickepin and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
16	Toolibin
22	Wogolin

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Williams

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Bannister	Bannister Police Station Halfway House
	Crossman	Crossman Railway Siding
	North Bannister	Threeways Roadhouse

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Wongan-Ballidu

On 10 February 1887, the Melbourne Road District was created. It was renamed the Wongan-Ballidu Road District on 18 June 1926, and, on 1 July 1961, it became a shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960. It is about 180 Kms NNE of Perth. For more information, see Shire of Wongan-Ballidu and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
26	Burakin

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Wyalkatchem

The Shire of Wyalkatchem is located in the Wheatbelt and its seat of government is the town of Wyalkatchem, about 190 Kms northeast of Perth. To find out more, look at Shire of Wyalkatchem and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
26	Benjaberring	Benjabberring Benjabbering
23	Cowcowing
3	Debdebin	Derdebin
3	Nalkain	Nalkain Railway Siding
19	Nembudding	Homebush Siding

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Yilgarn

The Shire of Yilgarn is  about 400 Km east of Perth. The Shire covers an area of 30,720 Km² and its main industries are mining and farming. For more information, check out Shire of Yilgarn and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
18	Bodallin	Boddallin Boddalin Bodalin
22	Bullfinch
6	Burbidge
22	Dedari	No.8 Pumping Station
	Ennuin	Eenuin Eenvin
2	Ghooli	No. 6 Pumping Station Ghouli
7	Golden Valley	Knutsford Colreavy
23	Hollerton
17	Karalee	Karalee Railway Siding Karalee Reservoir Karalee Dam Karalee Rocks
13	Koolyanobbing
9	Lake Deborah
6	Mount Jackson	Mt Jackson Mount Jackson Homestead
26	Mount Palmer	Mt Palmer Palmer’s Find
21	Parker’s Range	Parkers Range
12	Yellodine	Yellowdine Railway Siding Duladgin Yelladine Reen’s Soak
16	Yerbillon	No.5 Pumping Station

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York

The Shire of York covers an area of 2,133 Km² and is just beyond the eastern fringe of Perth’s metropolitan area. To find out more about the Shire, go to Shire of York and Wikipedia.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
23	Auburn	Auburn Cottage Auburn North Auburn Pool
24	Avondale	Avondale Park
9	Greenhills	Green Hills
20	Gwambygine

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Region/LGA Unknown

The following communities are still in the process of being formally researched and scheduled. As their details are added they will move into their correct locations in this list.

In our most recent update, we located all 28 places on our original list, but have now added 6 new places that need further research. If you can help us, please drop us an email via our contact page.

Phase	Name	Other Name/s
	Canning	Canning Police Station
	Dean
	Goldfields Police Station
	Lake Matilda Police Station29
	Midway Police Station	Midway Bore Midway Well
	Prowacka
	Table Hills	Table Hills Police Station
	Thomas	Thomas Police Station

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Sources and Notes

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2. For Smithfield #2, see Moondine ↩︎
3. When the town of Laverton was founded it was near to, but not on the site of, the original settlement of British Flag. ↩︎
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8. In 1948 an airfield was built near the site of the present town of Halls Creek and over the next decade the old town moved nearer to this new site. Except for the police station, which was finally relocated in 1961, the old town was abandoned by 1954. Prior to the move Old Halls Creek was known as Halls Creek. ↩︎
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10. Clinch Well in Cue (there are a number of communities called Clinch Well – see Yalgoo). ↩︎
11. NOT Greenough River because Greenough River is also known as Eradu! ↩︎
12. 59 Mile is located between Sandstone and Mount Magnet, so may actually be in the Shire of Sandstone. If you are reading this, can you help to locate 59 Mile accurately? ↩︎
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18. See also, Cudingwarra in the Shire of Cue ↩︎
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20. In the Karridale area. ↩︎
21. Shire of Boyup Brook, 2025. History. Retrieved 30 Apr 2025 from https://www.boyupbrook.wa.gov.au/community/about-the-shire/history.aspx ↩︎
22. In the Benjinup area ↩︎
23. Also in Shire of Harvey ↩︎
24. Also in Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup ↩︎
25. While Mooliabeenee is primarily known as a homestead, the project has included it in our list due to its previous incarnations as a railway siding and military site. ↩︎
26. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021. “Tammin (Local Government Area)”. Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 20 Apr 2025 from https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA58190.
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27. North Tammin is now a locality in the Shire of Tammin. ↩︎
28. Wikipedia, 2025. Shire of Westonia. Retrieved 19 Apr 2025 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_of_Westonia ↩︎
29. There are more than one Lake Matilda in WA – one in the Shire of Wiluna and the other in the Shire of Plantaganet. Need to find out exactly where the Lake Matilda Police Station was located. ↩︎