Princess Royal, Western Australia
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Princess Royal is an abandoned town
in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia
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A rich Gold
reef was discovered in the area in the 1895 by a party of prospector
s Chester, Peddler and Flanagan. Alluvial gold was later found in 1900 and a townsite was established to house the miners. The townsite was later gazetted in 1904. The name of the town is derived from the Princess Royal mine that was operating prior to 1900. The mine and town were both named after the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria the Princess Royal, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
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A police station was built before 1905 and the first officer in charge arrived in that year; the station later closed in 1908. The town boasted four hotels in 1906 as well as a host of other businesses.
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 the Goldfields-Esperance region 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...
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A rich 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...
reef was discovered in the area in the 1895 by 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 Chester, Peddler and Flanagan. Alluvial gold was later found in 1900 and a townsite was established to house the miners. The townsite was later gazetted in 1904. The name of the town is derived from the Princess Royal mine that was operating prior to 1900. The mine and town were both named after the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria the Princess Royal, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
Victoria, Princess Royal
The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III...
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A police station was built before 1905 and the first officer in charge arrived in that year; the station later closed in 1908. The town boasted four hotels in 1906 as well as a host of other businesses.