This is a list of towns that were known to exist at one time but have since been abandoned. Before you hop in your 4x4 and rush out to see the old buildings you must remember that many of these places were not permanent settlements and most were in existence in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Few have any structures remaining to look at today. This list is given to show how many settlements grew up and were abandoned in W.A. it is a historic reference only and not a recommendation of places to go and look at. This shortened version was complied with the aid of a very detailed list compiled by the Morawa District Historical Society. That list includes much more detail and could be an important genealogical reference as many people who lived in these abandoned settlements are named in their list.
NUMBER TOWNS |
TOWNS STARTING WITH A |
B | C
| D | E
| F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P
| Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
'NUMBER' TOWNS
2 MILE
Approx 3 kilometres east of the settlement of Old Town, east of the gazetted but
abandoned town of Nunngarra.
4 MILE
Alternative name for - BUNDAWADRA.
4 MILE
Near the present town of Leonora. About 6 kilometres away.
4 MILE
Located in the Murchison goldfields.
8 MILE
This was the original name for - LENNONVILLE.
11 MILE
North of Coolgardie on the old coach route to Menzies.
11 MILE TIMBER MILL
About seven kilometres east of the present town of Waroona. Developed as a
timber mill connected to the Millars Brothers company.
12 MILE
Thought to have been near Nannine.
14 MILE
14 miles south east of Menzies.
21 MILE
Former name of WHITE FLAG.
25 MILE
May be an alternate name for Erlistown but also could have been a separate
settlement.
29 MILE
May be an alternate name for Erlistown but also could have been a separate
settlement.
36 MILE POLICE STATION
Also called MAHOGANY FLATS.
Located 36 miles along the old Albany to
Perth Road about sixteen kilometres
from
Jarrahdale.
42 MILE
North of Coolgardie on the old coach route to
Menzies.
42 MILE
Alternate name for BALGARRI.
45 MILE
North of Coolgardie on the old coach route to
Menzies.
50 MILE
On the road from Sandstone to the abandoned town of Lawlers.
55 MILE RAILWAY SIDING
Original name for TENINDEWA.
59 MILE
Located between the towns of Sandstone and
Mount Magnet.
71 MILE WELL
Located on the Sandstone to Mount Magnet Road.
90 MILE
Original name for GOONGARRIE.
ABBOTT'S
29° 19 S 118° 23 E.
About twenty five kilometres north of Meekatharra.
Declared a town site in 1900.
AJANA
27° 57.1' S 114° 38.3' E
Derived from the Aboriginal word Ngajana.
Gazetted on the 26th of November 1915.
A railway dam was constructed in 1913.
AMPHION RAILWAY SIDING
32° 45.6' S 116° 11.7' E.
Located at the 79 mile mark of the Pinjarra /
Dwellingup / Narrogin railway.
AMPHION TIMBER MILL
Constructed about 1913.
ANACONDA
28° 57.8" S 121° 46.2".17 E.
Located midway between the abandoned towns of Murrin Murrin and Malcolm.
Triggered by copper mining.
ARGYLE POLICE STATION
Wild Dog Swamp near Argyle Station close to the Northern Territory border.
ARRINO
Located on the railway line 205 miles North of Perth.
ASQUITH TIMBER LOG FALLING CAMP - ASQITH CONCESSION
Approx thirty four kilometres E/SE of Yarloop, Quindianning Road.
Log hauling
began from this area in January 1952.
AUSTIN
Alternate name for LAKE AUSTIN
Also known as THE ISLAND LAKE AUSTIN.
BALAGUNDI
30° 44 S 121° 41 E.
Twenty kilometres east of Kalgoorlie.
Named after an Aboriginal well. Gazetted in 1896.
BALGARRI
Also known as - FORTY TWO MILE.
30° 29 S 121° 07 E.
45 kilometres north north west of Kalgoorlie.
Gazetted in 1898.
BALLA BALLA
20° 42 S 117° 47 E
Near the coast between Port Hedland and
Roebourne. Was a port for the Whim Creek
Copper Mines. Gazetted in 1898. Balla is the Aboriginal name for mud, Balla
Balla means lots of mud. There is now a campsite located at Balla Balla.
BAMBOO
20° 56 S 120° 13 E
54 kilometres north east of Marble Bar.
Gold was discovered on the Bamboo Creek at a place that was called JARMANS by
Tom Byass and four others.
Gazetted in 1895.
BANKSIADALE TIMBER MILL
32° 39.2' S 116° 5.5' E
7 kilometres north of Dwellingup.
In October 1963 the mill was destroyed by fire.
The site was covered by water
from the South Dandalup Dam.
BARDOC
30° 20 S 121° 18.37 E
On the railway between Menzies and
Kalgoorlie.
Alluvial gold was found there in 1894.
Bardoc is an Aboriginal word but the meaning is not known.
The town was surveyed and gazetted in 1896
BARRAMBIE
On No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence near the 284 Mile peg.
Gold was discovered in November 1904 by Walker and Morrissey who were working
on the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence.
BARTON'S MILL No. 2
32° 3.5' S 116° 12.4' E
14 kilometres E/SE of PICKERING BROOK. Located on the old Millar company's railway line.
BAXTER & PRINCE NUMBER 1 TIMBER MILL
3.5 Km SW of Donnybrook.
BAXTER & PRINCE NUMBER 2 TIMBER MILL
4.5 Km E of Argyle.
BAXTER & PRINCE TIMBER MILL
1 Km S of Kirup.
BEARDIE POOL
49 Km NE of Pindar.
BEELA RAILWAY SIDING
On the State railway line between Brunswick Junction and Worseley.
BEELENE
Alternate name for CHAIN PUMP.
BELLCHAMBERS
Alternate name for RANGE VIEW.
BERIA
28° 34 S 122° 23 E.
Near Laverton.
BIG BELL
27° 19 S 117° 39 E
BIG BELL was gazetted as a town site in 1936. The Big Bell Mine was the source
of the town's name. By 1955 the town was deserted.
(C) Don Copley
BILBERATHA
Alternate names were JOKER and NOTTE'S FIND.
Located 13 Km south of Yalgoo.
BIRRIGRIN
Developed after gold was discovered near Woodley's Soak.
BLACK FLAG
30° 33 S 121° 14 E
Gazetted in 1897.
BOOGARDIE
28° 02 S 117° 47 E
7 Km NW of Mount Magnet.
Gazetted in 1898.
BOORARA
30° 49 S 121° 38 E
Gazetted in 1897.
BORANUP RAILWAY SIDING
34° 11.1' S 115° 4.8' E
Located on the old State railway line to from Busselton to Flinders Bay
(Augusta) at the 203 mile 15 chain mark. In 1948 the name changed to Dianella.
It closed in 1957.
BORANUP TIMBER MILL
4 Km N of Karridale. The mill closed in 1910.
BOWGADA
Originally called CHUBBLE.
29° 20 S 116° 10 E
Between Perenjori and Morawa.
BOYADINE
Originally called BOYERINE.
33° 29.8" S 17° 24.6" E
BOYDS
Now known as TUCKANARRA.
BROWN HILL
30° 46 S 121° 30 E
Gazetted in 1899.
BULONG
Originally called I.O.U.
30° 43 S 121° 59 E
34 Km E of Kalgoorlie.
BURTVILLE
Originally called MEROLIA.
28° 46 S 122° 39 E
20 Km SW of Laverton.
BUTTERFLY
29° 11' S 121° 28.2' E
On the railway line between Menzies and the abandoned town of Malcolm.
CALLION
Originally name - SPEAKMAN'S FIND.
30° 07' S 120° 34' E
60 Km SW Menzies
Gazetted in 1897
CAMDEN HARBOUR
CAMPION
Nungarin Shire.
Railway siding.
31° 01.3' S 118° 30' E
Railway closed in 1957.
CANE GRASS SWAMP HOTEL
90 Mile road near Goongarrie.
CANEGRASS
Railway siding between the present Kalgoorlie and
Menzies.
30° 10.6' S 121° 08.9' E
closed in 1962.
CARINYAH FORESTRY SETTLEMENT
Carinyah Road east of Barton's Mill.
CARLAMINDA
Original name - DELANEY'S REEF
12 Km N Yalgoo.
CARON
29° 38' S 116° 19' E
South of Perenjori
Wheatbelt siding.
CELEBRATION CITY
CHANDLER
31° 06' S 118° 25' E
Between Lake Campion and Lake Andler in Nungarin Shire.
Gazetted in 1943
1952 the whole town was put up for sale. Virtually everything sold by October
1953
CHESTERFIELD
8 Km NW of NANNINE
CHILDE HAROLD
22 Km S Laverton
CHUBBLE
Originally called BOWGADA.
CLAYMORE RAILWAY SIDING
33° 43.6' S 115° 40.8' E
Wonnerup to Nannup railway
CLAYMORE TIMBER MILL
7 Km E of Claymore Railway Siding.
CLINCHES WELL
In the vicinity of Coodingnow Station in the Murchison.
COMET VALE
29° 56 36' S 121° 07 34' E
30 Km S Menzies
Gazetted a town site in 1916.
CONDON
Widely used name for SHELLBOROUGH.
COODARDUP
Original name for KUDARDUP
COOGLEGONG
On a tributary of the Shaw River.
60 Km SW of Marble Bar
COONDIP
Original name for KUNDIP
COONGAN RAILWAY SIDING
20° 52.6' S 119° 44.7' E
Siding opened 1913 and closed in 1951
COONGAN RIVER
Between Shellborough and Marble Bar/Nullagine.
COORARA CLAYPAN
22° 38' S 116° E
Junction of Duck Creek and the Ashburton River in the
Pilbara.
CORK TREE FLAT
Original name for TUCKANARRA
CORRINGLE SETTLEMENT
Also known as Wilson's Patch
28° 19' 14 S, 121° 09' 55 E.
Half way between Leonora & Leinster, Western Australia.
An experiment in remote housing for Aboriginal people.
Find out more at : http://www.wilja.asn.au/
(C) Max Jefferies
CRAIGGIEMORE
Alternate name for MOUNT MARGARET
CUDDINGWARRA
Name that replaced DEAD FINISH
27° 22' S 117° 47' E
Near Cue
Originally known as Dead Finish, but Cuddingwarra was the name used the town was
gazetted in December 1895
CUTMORES WELL
Original name for - DOYLES WELL.
DARLOT
Original name for WOODARRA.
DAVYHURST
First called DAVYSTON and MACE'S FIND
30° 03' S 120° 39' E
SW of Menzies
Gazetted in 1901
DAY DAWN
Originally called BUNDAWADRA
27° 28 S 117° 52 E
6 Km from Cue
DELANEY'S REEF
Later called CARLAMINDA.
DELLERTON RAILWAY SIDING
33° 53.5' S 115° 41.5' E
On the railway between Wonnerup and Nannup
Opened in June 1924
DESDEMONA
Located between Menzies and Leonora
DESMOND
33° 37.5 S 120° 08.7' E
DONNELLY RIVER TIMBER MILL
34° 6.1' S 115° 58.6' E
The mill closed in 1978
DOYLES WELL
Originally called CUTMORE'S WELL
Between Leonora and Agnew at the junction of the Turkey and Wilson Creeks.
DUKETON
North of Laverton.
DUNCAN'S TIMBER MILL
20 Km ENE of Dwellingup
DUNDAS
21 Km S of Norseman.
32° 23' S 121° 46' E
DYKES TIMBER MILL
Gidgegannup area.
EAST KIRUP TIMBER MILL
14 Km NE Kirup near Grimwade road.
EAST MOUNT MAGNET
Original name for PAYNESVILLE.
EAST WITCHCLIFFE TIMBER MILL
2 Km E of Witchcliffe
EDERGA
Located between Yalgoo and Morawa
34 Km SW of Yalgoo
EGINA
Pilbara goldfields settlement. Deserted by 1890.
ELLIS CREEK TIMBER MILL
13 Km ENE of Nannup.
The mill was dismantled in 1926.
ELVERDTON
Ravensthorpe area.
ERADU
On the Geraldton to Mullewa railway line.
ERLISTOWN
N of Laverton.
ETICUP
Located between Kojonup and Broomehill.
EURO
11 Km from Laverton.
Nothing listed
GABANINTHA
GABANINTHA and PORLELL are very close to each other and were often mistaken for each other despite the difference in names.
26° 55' S 118° 39' E 40Km SE of
Meekatharra.
The name first appears in April 1894.
Gazetted in November 1898. Town lots remained un-surveyed until 1905.
GALENA
Latitude 27° 49.8' S 114° 41.5' E
Originally called Geraldine but was renamed in 1921.
GALILEA MISSION - CARNARVON AREA
On the bank of the Gascoyne River 4Km from Carnarvon.
Anglican Mission for Aborigines.
Welsh born, Edward John Brown GRIBBLE was selected to start this mission in 1885.
See Carnarvon for more on his story.
GAP WELL
Near Nannine.
GARDEN WELL
Originally called GARDNERS WELL.
Located between Cuddingwarra and Day Dawn.
GERALDINE
See GALENA above.
GIPPSLAND
32Km NNE of Kanowna.
GNOWS NEST
20Km SE of Yalgoo
GOODWOOD TIMBER MILL
10Km W of Donnybrook.
GOONGARRIE
Originally called 90 MILE or ROARING GIMLET.
30° 03' S 121° 09' E
On the railway between Menzies and Kalgoorlie.
(C) Derek Graham
THE GRANITES
Originally name for YUNDAMINDERA.
GRANTS PATCH
Ora Banda area.
GRIFFITHSTON
Original name for LINDEN.
GULLEWA
28° 40' S 116° 19' E
The townsite was gazetted in 1898.
Gullewa Spring was first recorded by John Forrest in 1873.
GUTHA
29° 00' S 115° 57' E
20Km N Morawa.
Originally it was proposed to call this place Muthingutha, the Aboriginal name
of a nearby rock hole but this was shortened to Gutha.
Gutha siding was established in 1913. Gazetted a town site in 1914.
Israelite Bay
(C) Caroline Brocx
Kununalling
(C) Derek Graham
Moir Homestead
Old Onslow
(C) Max Jefferies
Peak Hill
(C) Don Copley
Walgoolan
(C) Caroline Brocx
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