Wyn Green was born in Kundip in Feb 1911. In later years she wrote a poem called “The Ghost Town of My Dreams” which you can find, in full, in the book “Kundip 1901-2001” by R Goldfinch¹. This is an excerpt…

The gorge still breathes its glory swathed in purpose and in gold
Rocks I climbed so many times their majesty still hold
There’s a lone crow a-cawing on a distant hill
Where the sombre mines with their rotting lines loom, eerie, and so still.

I hear the joyous notes of childhood wafted on the air
Occupants of homesteads which are dotted here and there
But Alas! The vision passes, again the streets are bare –
Homes have gone – have crumbled and none are there to care.

Wherever I may wander guided by my schemes
Kundip, I will remember – the ghost town of my dreams

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Sources

1. Ravensthorpe Historical Society, 2001. Kundip 1901-2001. pp24-25 ↩︎
2. State Library of Western Australia. Jack Mallet Collection. Retrieved 11 Mar 2025 from https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/search/C__SJack%20Mallett%20collection%20of%20photographs%20SMCLN__Orightresult?lang=eng&suite=def ↩︎