Leonora

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
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Linden

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
75 km south of Laverton on the southern side of Lake Carey
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, 1/11 1907. THE LINDEN DISTRICT MINING INSPECTOR'S REPORT
The State mining engineer has received the following report from Mr E. K. Beaumont, the mining inspector for the
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Malcolm (Kookynie Road)

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
19 km south-east of Leonora, south of the Leonora – Laverton Road along the Malcolm Kookynie road. Malcolm town site is itself nothing these days than a bare area of flat ground. Bordering the former town site on the east now is a modern railway siding.
The North Star Gold Mine lies a little southwest of the former Malcolm town site. Little remains at the North Star site other than some minor remnant battery sands and a few shafts.

In 1946, the
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Malcolm (Lake Raeside)

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
19 km south-east of Leonora, south of the Leonora – Laverton Road along the Malcolm Kookynie road. Malcolm town site is itself nothing these days than a bare area of flat ground. Bordering the former town site on the east now is a modern railway siding.
The North Star Gold Mine lies a little southwest of the former Malcolm town site. Little remains at the North Star site other than some minor remnant battery sands and a few shafts.

In 1946, the
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Markegin Cemetery

Region: Wheatbelt
Shire of Pingelly
Reserve Number 12894
Approximately 24 kms east of Pingelly on Jingaring Road just past where Aldersyde-Pingelly Rd turns to the left. Marked with a brown road sign.
Pingelly Leader 28 July1913
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Memorial Park, Albany

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Menzies Cemetery

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Menzies Old Cemetery - 2 Miles West

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Mertondale

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Mertondale is 35 km north-east of Leonora and just east of the Leonora-Nambi Road where it turns north-east to north if travelling from Leonora.
In 2020, the Department of Defence bought the pastoral lease, Mertondale Station, which takes its name from the old townsite, which is situated within the station boundaries, to protect the Jindalee
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Mount Morgans

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
76 km from Leonora on the Laverton – Leonora Road, turn right onto Koorong-Mt Morgans Road for 6kms then turn left (there is a signpost without a sign) for 2kms. The cemetery is on the left with a stone-built entrance.
For the recent history of the mine see the following article published in the Financial Review. https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/every-mine-old-can-be-new-again-20150903-gje1r6

For a history of
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Mt Ida Cemetery

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Mt Margaret

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Shire of Laverton, 31 kilometres southwest of Laverton, Reserve Number 20944. The Cemetery was established in 1897 when the townsite of Mt Margaret was gazetted.
The Mt Margaret Aboriginal Community was established in 1921 and is situated 5kms from the original Mt Margaret Townsite and Cemetery.

Mount Margaret Community (formerly Mount Margaret Mission) is a
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Mulline

Region: Goldfields-Esperance

Shire Menzies

Located About 60kms west of Menzies and 160kms north of Coolgardie

Reserve Number R7816
An early writer described Mulline as a sleepy place, where the most exciting thing to happen through the day was a dog barking.

 

With very limited rainfall, early miners had to pay 20 shillings
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Mulwarrie Cemetery

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
Located in the Shire of Coolgardie on Credo Station,125 kms NW of Kalgoorlie between Davyhurst and Mulline and 55 kms SW of Menzies
Reserve Number: 7609
In 1901, the Moonshine Mine crushed 30 tons of ore at the State Battery for a return of 298 ounces of gold, a record at the time for a state battery.

The 1904 electoral roll contained the names of
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Murrin Murrin

Region: Goldfields-Esperance
883 km east of Perth and on the Old Laverton Road between Leonora and Laverton, about 50 km east of Leonora
Alfred Edward Morgans who later became Premier of WA established a short-lived copper smelting mine in the area in 1896.
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