Paynesville, Western Australia

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Paynesville
Western Australia
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Paynesville
Paynesville, Western Australia
Coordinates 28°06′25″S118°30′00″E / 28.107°S 118.5°E / -28.107; 118.5 Coordinates: 28°06′25″S118°30′00″E / 28.107°S 118.5°E / -28.107; 118.5
Population0 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1900
Postcode(s) 6638
Elevation446 m (1,463 ft)
Area3,328.3 km2 (1,285.1 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Mount Magnet
State electorate(s) North West
Federal division(s) Durack

Paynesville is a ghost town and locality in the Mid West region of Western Australia between the towns of Mount Magnet and Sandstone.

Gold was discovered in 1898 in the immediate area by the prospectors Thomas Payne and Waldeck; Paynes Find is also named after Thomas Payne. The townsite was surveyed in 1898 and was initially known as Paynton and East Mount Magnet and also known as Fords after another prospector who had worked the area.

A local board of Health was established in the town in 1898. [2]

By 1899 the town became known as Paynesville and the town was gazetted in 1900. [3] In 1910 the Sandstone Branch Railway from Mount Magnet to Black Range was opened with Paynesville having a station on the line.

An ore battery was built close to the town but later moved to Nunngarra in 1904. [4]

At the 2016 Australian census, Paynesville had a population of ten people. [5]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Paynesville (WA) (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "News and notes". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 29 April 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. "History of country town names – P". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. "Morowa Historical Society". 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Paynesville (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 February 2020. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg