Kunanalling, Western Australia

Abandoned town in Western Australia

30°40′55″S 121°04′05″E / 30.682°S 121.068°E / -30.682; 121.068Established1896Postcode(s)6430Elevation407 m (1,335 ft)Location

580 km (360 mi) ENE of Perth
32 km (20 mi) north of Coolgardie

LGA(s)Shire of CoolgardieState electorate(s)Eyre Federal division(s)O'Connor

Kunanalling is an abandoned town in Western Australia located between Coolgardie and Balgarri along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is located in the Shire of Coolgardie.

In 1895 gold was discovered in the area by prospectors and it was initially known as 25 mile, its distance from Coolgardie. The goldfields warden recommended that a townsite be declared in the same area. The town was also called Connanalling but the spelling was changed by the Lands Department when the town was gazetted in 1896.^[1] By early 1898 the town had a population of 360 people,^[2] and later grew to approximately 800 people.^[3]

The ruins of a hotel and three chimneys still remain in the old townsite.

References

^ "History of country town names – K". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^ "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.
^ "Shire of Coolgardie". 2010. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.