Mulgarrie, Western Australia

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Mulgarrie
Western Australia
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Mulgarrie
Coordinates 30°22′52″S121°29′49″E / 30.381°S 121.497°E / -30.381; 121.497 Coordinates: 30°22′52″S121°29′49″E / 30.381°S 121.497°E / -30.381; 121.497
Established1897
Postcode(s) 6430
Elevation365 m (1,198 ft)
Location
LGA(s) City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
State electorate(s) Electoral district of Kalgoorlie
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Mulgarrie is a ghost town, located between Kalgoorlie and Leonora in the Shire of Menzies in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

The locality was originally known as Hayes Find or Hit and Miss, and was reported upon in the 1890s. [1] [2] [3] The area was visited by the surveyor Beasley in 1896, who suggested that a townsite was required. Lots were surveyed later the same year and the townsite was gazetted in 1897. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Hayes' Find". Western Argus . Vol. 1, no. 17. Western Australia. 16 March 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Hayes' Find". Coolgardie Miner . Vol. 3, no. 712. Western Australia. 22 March 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 16 February 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Notes From Hayes' Find". Coolgardie Miner . Vol. 3, no. 488. Western Australia. 2 July 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "History of country town names – M". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  5. "Hayes' Find, Mulgarrie". Kanowna Democrat and North East Coolgardie Advertiser . Vol. I, no. 1. Western Australia. 15 August 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 16 February 2021 via National Library of Australia.