Kintore, Western Australia

Abandoned town in Western Australia

30°36′04″S 121°01′12″E / 30.601°S 121.02°E / -30.601; 121.02Established1897Postcode(s)6430Elevation417 m (1,368 ft)Location

640 km (398 mi) ENE of Perth
45 km (28 mi) NW of Kalgoorlie

LGA(s)Shire of CoolgardieState electorate(s)Eyre Federal division(s)O'Connor

Kintore is an abandoned town in Western Australia located 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of Kalgoorlie along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Gold was discovered in the area in December 1894 by prospectors Leith and Barrett.^[1]^[2] The first mine was named after Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, the retiring Governor of South Australia who was visiting Western Australia at the time.^[3] Following a rapid growth in population the local progress committee petitioned for the town to be declared and the town was gazetted in 1897.^[4]

By 1898 the population of the town was 240 (200 males and 40 females).^[5]

References

^ "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 9 February 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 26 January 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 26 January 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
^ "Population of Western Australia". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 22 April 1898. p. 23. Retrieved 16 February 2013.