Kurrajong / Diorite King

Point of Interest

Contact

Old Agnew Road, Western Australia.

www0.landgate.wa.gov.au/maps-and-imagery/wa-geographic-names/name-history/historical-town-names

Description

Kurrajong is an abandoned townsite in the eastern goldfields region, located about 40 km north west of Leonora. Gold was discovered here in the late 1890's, and the place was referred to as 'Diorite King', after the name of a nearby mine. In 1897 surveyor H S King surveyed some lots for a residential area, and two years later, in 1899, a townsite was gazetted. Kurrajong is named after the Aboriginal name of a species of tree.

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Features

Location

Lat: -28.703717 Lng: 121.106893