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Where Was Smithfield? – ghost town

18/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Smithfield Western Australia 30.49648° or 30° 29′ 47″ south – 121.382° or 121° 22′ 55″ east A small settlement halfway between Kalgoorlie and Bardoc. Not gazetted, the nearest towns were Paddington and Broad Arrow. It was a popular picnic spot for many years as well as a mining area.

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Broad Arrow, Goldfields History, Paddington, smithfield, Western Australia

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11/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 29 July 1897 SUICIDE AT SMITHFIELD Last Saturday week a miner, Thomas McKileen (MacKileen), living by himself in a tent at Smithfield, committed suicide by blowing his brains out. At an inquest held on Monday afternoon before the acting-Coroner, Mr E. O. Butler, J.P. it was elicited that on […]

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