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Birrigrin’s Golden Days: A Mining Settlement’s Brief Spark

26/04/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Birrigrin Lat 27° 30′ 14” South  Long 119° 31′ 13” East Birrigrin is 120 km from Wiluna and is in the Black Range District near Sandstone. It was known in the early days as the ’50 Mile’ as it was about 50 miles from Nungarra. The main source of mining in the district is gold […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Birrgrin, Black Range, Goldfields History, Nungarra, Western Australia

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