Windanya, Western Australia

Windanya
Western Australia
Windanya; Western Australia
	Windanya
Coordinates	30°22′44″S 121°15′22″E / 30.379°S 121.256°E
Established	1897
Postcode(s)	6431
Elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Location	639 km (397 mi) ENE of Perth ; 44 km (27 mi) NW of Kalgoorlie ;
LGA(s)	City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
State electorate(s)	Electoral district of Kalgoorlie
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Windanya is a ghost town located between Kalgoorlie and Leonora in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.

During the mid-1890s gold was discovered in the area and the Australasia mine was established by 1897. Following an increase in population the townsite was gazetted in 1897.^[1]

The name was suggested by the surveyor H.S. King. It is the Aboriginal name for a place near Broad Arrow.^[2]

References

^ "History of country town names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
^ "Morawa District Historical society" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

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[1] "History of country town names – W". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

[2] "Morawa District Historical society" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

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