Kintore
Western Australia
Kintore is located in Western Australia
Kintore
Kintore
Coordinates30°36′04″S 121°01′12″E / 30.601°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

Kintore is an abandoned town in Western Australia located 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of Kalgoorlie along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Gold was discovered in the area in December 1894 by prospectors Leith and Barrett.[1][2] The first mine was named after Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, the retiring Governor of South Australia 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. ↑ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. 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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