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The Lynton Convict Hiring Depot near Port Gregory in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia. The site was only active for a very few years and there's not a great deal left, but what is there is very special.
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November 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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Hello Blue Sky! I am a family historian from Perth, Australia. Family History Western Australia (FHWA) is creating a database of all of the people who lived in the towns and communities of WA's Ghost Towns - there are 500+. If you are interested, take a look at ghostswa.au
People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns
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November 9, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Did you know that the Yalgoo Post Office was originally in Nannine? #ghostswa #familyhistory #genealogy #history #westernaustralia #familyhistoryWA
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Nannine Police Station
The Nannine Police Station was built in 1896 and in 1922 it was uplifted and moved to Yalgoo.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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#genealogy #ghostswa #westernaustralia
ghostswa.bsky.social Ghosts WA @ghostswa.bsky.social · Feb 21
Congratulations to the magnificent team of Volunteers working on the People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns Project. They have hit a magical milestone of collecting 50,000 records of people who lived in our many ghost communities around the state.
February 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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One of Australia's lesser known explorers. #ghostswa #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy #familyhistory @christineharris.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
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Ernest Giles and the 1875 Expedition Across Australia
Map of Giles’s Route (Surveyor General’s Office, 1875) – Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Australia. Digitized and available via the National Library of Australia; this work is out of…
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August 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
comma54.bsky.social
Lets get more Australian and WA content on here so we can increase support for our ghosts project. #ghostsWA #genealogyAustralia
December 31, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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"In the Field's Find district there are not more than 20 men all told. It would be unwise for prospectors to take horses at the present time, as there is absolutely no feed in the district, but there is plenty of fresh water." Sunday Times 1922
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November 15, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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The GhostsWA team are in Geraldton this weekend to meet with the people in the Mid West region and talk about all things "ghost town".
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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The story of Old John Hunter
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Old John Hunter
“The only man who ever made Coolgardie blossom like a rose” Something rarely mentioned about the Eastern Goldfields is – how did people get fresh veggies? It’s hard to imagi…
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May 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Have you ever heard of Field's Find?
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Field’s Find
Grave marker in the Field’s Find Cemetery1 Region: Mid WestLGA: Shire of YalgooAKA: Fields FindIndustry: Gold MiningCoordinates: 29°02’20.0″S 117°14’30.0″EWhat3Words:&…
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November 14, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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It's 1886 and Mr Stanley's Opera Troupe is bringing Gilbert and Sullivan to the far north west of Australia.
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Mr Stanley’s Opera Troupe
Cossack in 1886 was a frontier town in one of the most isolated colonies in the world.  It was a centre for pearling and pearl shell fishing and the entry point for pastoralists who establishe…
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November 12, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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As we move towards the end of another school year in Western Australia, we can reflect on what life was like for the teachers and students in the hundreds of tiny schools that serviced the old ghost towns.
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Ghost town schools
What was school like for the children and teachers of Western Australia’s Ghost Towns?  In the years of rapid growth of mining communities, timber camps and the railways, (which encouraged the open…
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November 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Upcoming speaking engagement! #ghostswa #FHWA #familyhistory #genealogy
November 10, 2024 at 11:34 AM
christineharris.bsky.social
A story from one of Western Australia’s ghost town. #ghostswa #genealogy #familyhistory #FHWA #FamilyHistoryWA
Tough Conditions and Complicated Lives
Around 1900, regular information came filtering through on the Ularring District and its goldfields, claiming that they were likely to be ‘second to none’ in mining outcomes. Ularring was…
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November 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Sorry, forgot to add my tags :-) #genealogy #familyhistory #ghostswa #familyhistorywa #fhwa #fieldsfindwa
November 9, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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The first gold discoveries in Western Australia started in the late 1870s. Here's a bit about the first WA goldrush...
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The first rush
In 1872, the government offered a reward of £5,000 for the discovery of the first payable goldfield in the colony of Western Australia1. In 1879, Alexander Forrest explored the Fitzroy and Ord Rive…
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November 11, 2024 at 5:55 AM