Woodarra, Western Australia
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Woodarra also once known as Darlot or Lake Darlot is an abandoned
town located between Leinster
and Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The town is situated close to Lake Darlot.
Gold
was discovered in the area in the 1890s and following an influx of prospectors and miners the Lake Darlot progress association lobbied for the declaration of a townsite. Lots were surveyed in 1896 and the progress association asked for the town to be named Woodarra. The townsite was gazeted in 1898.
A bicycle postal service to and from Lawlers
was established in 1895, this was later replaced with a mail run from Cue
via Lawlers. In 1896 the mail run was again changed this time from Mount Magnet
via Lawlers that lasted for six years.
The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name of a granite
rock formation located near the towns water supply.
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 located between Leinster
Leinster, Western Australia
Leinster is a town in the northern goldfields area of Western Australia. The town is located 4 km east of the Goldfields Highway, in the Shire of Leonora Local Government Area, northeast of the state capital, Perth...
and Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The town is situated close to Lake Darlot.
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 in the 1890s and following an influx of prospectors and miners the Lake Darlot progress association lobbied for the declaration of a townsite. Lots were surveyed in 1896 and the progress association asked for the town to be named Woodarra. The townsite was gazeted in 1898.
A bicycle postal service to and from Lawlers
Lawlers, Western Australia
Lawlers is a ghost town in Western Australia on the Old Agnew Road located north east of Perth in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....
was established in 1895, this was later replaced with a mail run from 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:* *...
via Lawlers. In 1896 the mail run was again changed this time from Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet, Western Australia
Mount Magnet is an old Western Australian gold rush town. The name was chosen during exploration of the region due to an isolated hill 5 km north west of the town current townsite. This hill has an extremely high iron content and affected the compasses of explorers...
via Lawlers that lasted for six years.
The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the name of a granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
rock formation located near the towns water supply.