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Today Kunanalling is a ghost town with nothing more than a
few crumbling walls to mark where a community once lived.
The town grew up on the goldfields and was located 32 kilometres north
west of
Coolgardie. It was gazetted in June 1893 just a few
months before Kalgoorlie.
Originally known as 25 Mile the name was changed later to Kunanalling which in
the Aboriginal dialect of the area means place of the eagle hawk.
The first mining lease in the area was taken up by John Dunne and
Alexander Forrest in November 1893.
The mine was originally known as ‘True Blue’ and went on to be renamed ‘Blue
Bell’.
The town continued to function until the start of the Second World War but after
that time it was gradually abandoned.
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