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Where is Erlistoun ??? – ghost town

15/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun, usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a townsite under the Lands Act, but was surveyed as a Business and Residential […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Erlistoun – ghost town

30/12/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 December 1904, page 19 THE ERLISTOUN by V. Clausen Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Duketon, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Erlistoun – ghost towns

27/08/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a townsite under the lands act, but was surveyed as a Business and Residential […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The World Well Lost for Love:

21/03/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Story of Bob and Jack – Bunbury Herald 5 June 1907, page 3 A PROSPECTOR’S SACRIFICE By R. M. Cochrane Every prospector knows the dreary tracts of the Mount Margaret goldfields of Western Australia, but few are acquainted with the unspeakable dreariness of the tracks beyond, leading to the McDonnell ranges. So far as […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Prospectors

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