Feysville, Western Australia

Feysville is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda just off the Goldfields Highway.

Feysville
Western Australia
Feysville
Coordinates30.955°S 121.604°E / -30.955; 121.604
Established1898
Postcode(s)6431
Elevation359 m (1,178 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
State electorate(s)Electoral district of Kalgoorlie
Federal Division(s)O'Connor

Alluvial gold was found in the area in 1895 by the prospector Dennis O'Callaghan which sparked a gold rush on the Hampton Plains Estate lease. Another prospector and field manager, Captain Henry Fey, established the Feysville mine in 1896 and by 1897 the local progress association began to campaign for the town to be declared.

In the same year the town had a debating club and a cricket team and the first hotel was constructed in the town. The town was gazetted on 30 June 1898.[1][2] The population of the town was 97 (90 males and 7 females) in 1898.[3]

Land was set aside in 1919 for the development of a police station and court house but neither were ever built.[4]

References
  1. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – F". Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  2. Western Australian Government Gazette, file 7523/97, 30 June 1898, p.1983.
  3. "Population of Western Australia". Western Mail. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 22 April 1898. p. 23. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. "Morowa District Historical Society" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2011.


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