Lawlers, Western Australia
| Lawlers Western Australia | |
|---|---|
  Lawlers | |
| Coordinates | 28°03′S 120°19′E / 28.05°S 120.31°ECoordinates: 28°03′S 120°19′E / 28.05°S 120.31°E |
| Established | 1896 |
| Postcode(s) | 6437 |
| Elevation | 482 m (1,581 ft) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Leonora |
| State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie |
| Federal Division(s) | O'Connor |
Lawlers is a ghost town in Western Australia on the Old Agnew Road located 982 kilometres (610 mi) north-east of Perth in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Gold was discovered in the area by Anderson, Hall and Heffernan, a party of prospectors that left Cue in 1892. Patrick Lawler and his party arrived in 1893 and had little success until they left and returned in 1894.[1]
The townsite was surveyed and gazetted in 1896 and named after Patrick Lawler.[2] A ten stamp battery was established about 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) north west of town in 1899 on a five acre lease. A police station and courthouse was built in the same year and was later closed in 1927. It was later reopened in 1938 but closed permanently in 1950. The building as being used in 1996 by the gold mining company, Plutonic, as an office.
At one stage the population of the town was 8,000 and was the third largest in the state.
References
- ↑ "Morowa District Historical Society". 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ↑ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names". Retrieved 2010-11-17.