| Yundamindera Western Australia |
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Yundamindera
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| Established: | 1901 |
| Postcode: | 6435 |
| Elevation: | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
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| LGA: | Shire of Leonora |
| State District: | Kalgoorlie |
| Federal Division: | O'Connor |
Yundamindera, also once known as The Granites, is an abandoned town located between Leonora and Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Gold was discovered in the area in the late 1897 after gold at the nearby field of Pennyweight Point began to run out. Two prospectors named Wood and his nephew Deimal found gold near the Granites and following an influx of prospectors and miners declaration of a townsite was deemed necessary by 1901. The townsite was gazetted later the same year.[1] The goldfield warden proposed the name Yundamindera which he had told the locals was the Aboriginal name for the area. The meaning of the name is unknown.
Some of the mines that were established in 1899 were the Great Bonaparte, the Queen of the Msy and the Golden Treasure South.[2] Water for the town was sourced from nearby wells and soaks. A coach service ran once a week in 1908 from Coolgardie via Menzies to the town. By 1903 a coach ran twice a week to Murrin Murrin.
A government subsidised battery was constructed near the town in 1903[3] and was still operating in the area by 1919 and crushed packets of ore for most of the mines in the locale.[4]