Kintore, Western Australia
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Kintore is an abandoned
town in Western Australia
located 46km north-west of Kalgoorlie
along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
During the late 1890s gold
was discovered in the area and following a rapid growth in population the local progress committee petitioned for the town to be declared and the town was gazetted in 1897.
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 46km north-west of Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...
along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
During the late 1890s gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
was discovered in the area and following a rapid growth in population the local progress committee petitioned for the town to be declared and the town was gazetted in 1897.