Bulong, Western Australia
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Bulong is an abandoned
town in Western Australia
located 580 kilometres (360 mi) east of Perth
in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
In 1893 a group of prospectors, Hogan, Henry, Holmes, Kennedy and Turnbull, discovered gold on a lease they were granted called IOU.
A surveyor named G. Hamilton was given instructions to design the town layout in 1894, which was to be named IOU . Hamilton suggested the name be changed to the Indigenous Australian name of a nearby spring
called Bulong.
The townsite was gazetted in 1895.
On the back of gold mining the population of the town grew to 620 by 1900 and boasted large number of businesses including several hotels, bakeries, accountants, butchers and stores. The town also had a hospital, school, police station, telegraph station and post office. The towns water supply was obtained from Lake Yundarlagooda, condensed on the lakes banks then pumped to the top of Mount Stuart to gravity feed to the town.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
town in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
located 580 kilometres (360 mi) east of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
In 1893 a group of prospectors, Hogan, Henry, Holmes, Kennedy and Turnbull, discovered gold on a lease they were granted called IOU.
A surveyor named G. Hamilton was given instructions to design the town layout in 1894, which was to be named IOU . Hamilton suggested the name be changed to the Indigenous Australian name of a nearby spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
called Bulong.
The townsite was gazetted in 1895.
On the back of gold mining the population of the town grew to 620 by 1900 and boasted large number of businesses including several hotels, bakeries, accountants, butchers and stores. The town also had a hospital, school, police station, telegraph station and post office. The towns water supply was obtained from Lake Yundarlagooda, condensed on the lakes banks then pumped to the top of Mount Stuart to gravity feed to the town.