Lawlers, Western Australia
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Lawlers is a ghost town
in Western Australia
on the Old Agnew Road located 982 kilometres (610 mi) north east of Perth
in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Gold
was discovered in the area by Anderson, Hall and Heffernan, a party of prospector
s that left Cue
in 1892. Patrick Lawler and his perty arrived in 1893 and had little success until they left and returned in 1894.
The townsite was surveyed and gazetted in 1896 and named after Patrick Lawler. A ten stamp battery
was established about 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) north west of town in 1899 on a five acre lease. A police station and courthouse
was built in the same year and was later closed in 1927. It was later reopened in 1938 but closed permanently in 1950. The building as being used in 1996 by the gold mining company, Plutonic, as an office.
At one stage the population of the town was 8,000 and was the third largest in the state.
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...
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...
on the Old Agnew Road located 982 kilometres (610 mi) north 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.
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 by Anderson, Hall and Heffernan, a party of prospector
Prospector
Prospector may mean:*Prospecting, exploring an area for natural resources such as minerals, oil, flora or fauna*Prospector , a unified catalog for Colorado and Wyoming...
s that left Cue
Cue, Western Australia
- Further reading:* 'Along the Cue railway. Inspection of line with suggested improvements, visit to Georgina Siding'. West Australian, 11 June 1898, p. 5-External links:* *...
in 1892. Patrick Lawler and his perty arrived in 1893 and had little success until they left and returned in 1894.
The townsite was surveyed and gazetted in 1896 and named after Patrick Lawler. A ten stamp battery
Stamp mill
A stamp mill is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operation....
was established about 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) north west of town in 1899 on a five acre lease. A police station and courthouse
Courthouse
A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply...
was built in the same year and was later closed in 1927. It was later reopened in 1938 but closed permanently in 1950. The building as being used in 1996 by the gold mining company, Plutonic, as an office.
At one stage the population of the town was 8,000 and was the third largest in the state.