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THE GHOST TOWNS AND WAYSIDE INNS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Ghosttowns A - Z

CRITERIA

1. The site is no longer inhabited, or has one resident family using a town building, but not conducting a business.
2. The site does not have to have been gazetted as a town, but did have at least one business, such as an inn or general store, operating from the site at some date.

    Navigate through the listing, arranged alphabetically, using the menu at the top of this page.
    This listing is incomplete and has been set up as a skeleton to be fleshed out with more detail as information becomes available.
    Thankyou to the following people and organisations who have generously supplied information about Western Australian Ghost Towns.

• Mr Graeme SISSON of the W. A. Police Historical Society, who supplied the names and details of Police Officers from records held by the Society and the W.A. Police.
• Mr Mark LEAHY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES USED

• ARCHER, A. W., 1976, Ravensthorpe. Then and Now
• ASHWIN, A. C., Gold to Grass
• BALL, Julia, KELSALL, David, & PIDGEON, John, 1997 State Wide Survey of Hotels Cultural Environment Committee, National Trust, W.A.
• BALZANO, James, Kanowna's Barrowman.
• Black Range Courier & Sandstone Observer, 1911
• CHEETHAM, A., An Historical Study. Niagara Western Australia. Goldfields History Series Number 1
• DE HAVELLAND, D. W., Gold & Ghosts
• The East Murchison News, 1901 - 1902
• HEYDON, P. R., 1990, Nannine by the Lake. A Story of the First Town on the Murchison Goldfields., Hesperian Press. Victoria Park, WA
• HOPE, George, 1897, Murchison Goldfields, supplement to the Geraldton Express
• JOUKOVSKY-VAISVILA, Olga, 1978, Around the Rock. A History of the Shire of Nungarin, Western Australia, Nungarin Shire Council
• KEEFE, Bert, 1995, Eastward Ho To Mullewa and the Murchison, Mullewa Shire Council
• KING, Norma, 1974, Ghost Towns of the North Country
• KING, Norma, 1976, Rushes and Finds Near Old Kambalda Kalgoorlie
• LANDGATE - History of Country Town Names
• LINDSAY, Doreen, 1988, Tenindewa, To Sow the Barley
• The Merredin Mercury, 1912
• The Morning Herald Series of West Australian Guide Books. No.2. North Eastern Goldfields, 1903
• Murchison Times 1896
• Murchison Times & Day Dawn Gazette, 1895 -1896
• North Coolgardie Herald 1900 - 1901
• OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY
• PALMER, Alex, 2000, Agnew Hesperian Press & LAP Industries.
• PALMER, Alex, 1991, Fields Find, A Story of the Yalgoo Goldfields LAP Industries
• PALMER, Alex, 1993 The Old Coach Roads to Cue and Beyond, Hesperian & LAP Industries
• PALMER, Alex, 1988, Paynes Find, LAP Industries
• PALMER, Alex, 1985, Yalgoo, LAP Industries. North Lake
• PALMER, Alex, 2006, Yundamindra. Its Towns, Mines, People and Station, Hesperian Press, Carlisle
• PASHLEY, A. R., 2000, Policing Our State. A History of Police Stations and Police Officers in Western Australia 1829 - 1945, Educant, W.A.
• PIERSSENE, 1894, The Western Australian Directory
• Phillips River Times, 1910
• Ravensthorpe Historical Society
• ROE, J. S., 1836, Journal of the Explorations East of York, and hence to Mount Marshall, the Moore River, and the Upper Swan, 1836. Battye Library, Perth
• STEVENS, G. P. Early Coaching Days, Western Australian Historical Society
• TYLER, Robert Emeric, 2003, My Dear Emma, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
• Victoria Express, 1881
• WEBB, Martyn & WEBB, Audrey, Golden Destiny
• The West Australian Mining Industry 1904
• Western Australian Police Gazettes, 1896 - 1899
• Western Australian Post Office Directories 1895 - 1910
• Western Australian Public Records Office
• Western Australian State Records Office
• WISE, 1895, The Western Australian Directory
• Yalgoo Licensing Court records

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