Kintore, Western Australia

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

Kintore
Western Australia
Kintore
Coordinates30.601°S 121.02°E / -30.601; 121.02
Established1897
Postcode(s)6430
Elevation417 m (1,368 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Coolgardie
State electorate(s)Eyre
Federal Division(s)O'Connor

Gold was discovered in the area in December 1894 by prospectors Leith and Barrett.[1][2] The first mine was named after the retiring Governor of South Australia Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 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
  1. "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 9 February 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 26 January 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. "Mining and Finance". Coolgardie Miner. 26 January 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of country town names – K". Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. "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.
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