Anaconda - Eulaminna

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
43 kilometers south east of Leonora on the old Leonora to Laverton Road
In the early 20th century the Anaconda Copper Mine was considered the most important copper mine in Western Australia has produced over half the copper for the state.

Now there is a modern
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Burtville

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
29 km SE of Laverton: 740 km ENE of Perth
Billy Frost was born in 1862, as William Taylor Frost, on a sailing ship in the Bay of Biscay to Scottish parents. They settled in Queensland. His stern up-bringing led Billy to rebel, and at a young
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Comet Vale

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
96 Km north of Kalgoorlie on the Goldfields Highway
Mildred Walshaw: Lady Gold-miner
Mildred was the only permanent resident of the ghost town of Comet Vale and was most likely the only active woman prospector with her own gold mine in Australia in
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Davyhurst

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Situated 53 kilometres south-west of Menzies, and approximately120 kilometres northwest of Kalgoorlie

The story of E.E.Kurth is an interesting one, from schoolboy at Davyhurst to professor of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania. His family story is also an insight into the times
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Dulbydilla

Region: Queensland
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dulbydilla

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Edjudina

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Located in the Shire of Menzies, 230 kms NE of Kalgoorlie and 130 kms S of Laverton
Reserve Number            8679
 
The Edjudina Goldfield contains the longest line of auriferous reefs in Australia at approximately 20 kilometres long. There are four to five parallel reefs for the entire line of lode, with historic
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Eucalyptus Mine

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Goongarrie Cemetery

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
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Gullewa Cemetery

Region: Mid West
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Kathleen Valley

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Along the Goldfields Highway, about 50 ks north of Leinster
February 13, 2020. Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR) has unveiled an updated resource for its Kathleen Valley lithium project in Western Australia, with the new resource representing an 86% increase on
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Kookynie

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Kurnalpi

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Shire Kalgoorlie
Co-ordinates Old Cemetery 30.5428 S 122.2547 E
New Cemetery 30.5489 S, 122.2181 E
Location 95 kms north-east of Kalgoorlie, off Kurnalpi-Pinjin Road
Cemetery Gully – 1 mile SW of townsite

Outback Family History Blog – The Golden Graveyard https://www.outbackfamily historyblog.com/the-golden-graveyard-2/

There were reports of snow falling at Kurnalpi in early October 1900.
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Lake Austin

Region: Mid West
625 km north north east of Perth and 48 km north of Mount Magnet and 23k south of Cue on the Great Northern Highway, on an island in Lake Austin so often known as Lake Austin and The Island Lake Austin.
7th May 1892 The Western Mail
From our correspondent in Geraldton
The Webb brothers, belonging to North Hampton, have come in from Lake Austin bringing a large quantity of alluvial gold! They will
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Lake Darlot

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
60 kilometres NW of Leinster: 75kms NE of Leonora.  It is on Woodarra Road on Leonora's Loop.
The first cemetery was at the head of Horseman’s Gully where there were 8 burials before a new cemetery site was gazetted. The original 8 burials were transferr
Everard. Firebrace Darlot, a successful pastoralist in Western Australia
Residence, 52 Mount Street was among the first substantial residences to be built in Mount Street, at a time when it was
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