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YUNNDAGA – Ghost Town

28/03/2015 By 3 Comments

 

Staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916

Staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916 Thomas Ellis back row far left, Centre back row is Arthur Beldon.

A New town has been added to the main site. Yunndaga. A small town about 7 kms South of Menzies.  This photograph is of the staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916, taken when the town was called Woolgar.   www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au

YUNNDAGA

From:- Landgate  http://bit.ly/1a1zrnQ

Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E

Yunndaga is an abandoned goldfields townsite located 718 km east north east of Perth and 7 km south of Menzies. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid 1890’s, and in 1898 a business and residence subdivision was laid out at what was then referred to as Woolgar. Business and residence subdivisions were very temporary, and gave no secure tenure to the inhabitants. By 1904 there was a feel of permanency about Woolgar, and the mining warden advised it was time to gazette the place as a townsite. As there was already a place in Queensland with this name and alternative name was required, and the mining warden suggested 3 names, one of which was Yundagar. The Department of Lands and Surveys then applied spelling rules it had adopted for Aboriginal names, and the townsite of Yunndaga was gazetted in March 1904.

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Owner at Outback Family History
My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.
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Comments

  1. Gustave Thomas Smith says
    11/05/2017 at 10:08 pm

    My mother Mabel Ellis grew up and was married in Yunndaga, I used to love listening to her stories about her life on the goldfields, my biggest regret is that I never thought to record them, , Never did I ever hear her mention the name Yunndaga , it was always Woolgar to their family, Mum passed away on May 6th 1983 aged 86.

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  2. denis gilbert says
    04/01/2024 at 5:12 am

    Hi
    I was just having a look at yunndaga history. my granmother was zillah marion ellis and came from yunndaga north of kalgoorlie and grew up in kal. she would have been born about the turn of the century or late 1890s. you havent by any chance come across the name.
    Denis gilbert
    denisgilbert@bigpond.com

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