Golden Ridge, Western Australia
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Golden Ridge is an abandoned
town in Western Australia
located 615 kilometres (382 mi) east of Perth
just of the Mount Monger Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The town was originally designated as a business area through the mining
act and was ironically known as Waterfall.
The government gazetted the town-site in 1910 following a request by the local progress committee to make more land available for residential development. Initially names Waterfall, the Commonwealth Government
disagreed with the choice of name as another town with the same name already existed in New South Wales. The committee then chose the name Golden Ridge after the gold
mine of the same name that lies adjacent to the town.
The name of the town was changed by gazettal in 1911. The Trans-Australian Railway
built a station in the town in 1913-1914. Golden Ridge is the second station east of Kalgoorlie between Parkeston and Curtin.
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 615 kilometres (382 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....
just of the Mount Monger Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The town was originally designated as a business area through the mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
act and was ironically known as Waterfall.
The government gazetted the town-site in 1910 following a request by the local progress committee to make more land available for residential development. Initially names Waterfall, the Commonwealth Government
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
disagreed with the choice of name as another town with the same name already existed in New South Wales. The committee then chose the name Golden Ridge after the 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...
mine of the same name that lies adjacent to the town.
The name of the town was changed by gazettal in 1911. The Trans-Australian Railway
Trans-Australian Railway
The Trans-Australian Railway crosses the Nullarbor Plain of Australia from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia...
built a station in the town in 1913-1914. Golden Ridge is the second station east of Kalgoorlie between Parkeston and Curtin.