Niagara City

Niagara is an abandoned town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, between Kalgoorlie and Leonora, 12 kilometres southwest of Kookynie. In January 1895 Charles Northmore and J. Timms were prospecting in the Waterfall or Niagara Falls area. On 4 February they discovered the Port Pirie mine, 3 kilometres north of Niagara Fal…
Niagara is an abandoned town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, between Kalgoorlie and Leonora, 12 kilometres southwest of Kookynie. In January 1895 Charles Northmore and J. Timms were prospecting in the Waterfall or Niagara Falls area. On 4 February they discovered the Port Pirie mine, 3 kilometres north of Niagara Falls at what is now named Niagara. Timms died on 14 February, from typhoid.
  • Established: 1896
  • Location: 788 km (490 mi) ENE of Perth · 153 km (95 mi) north of Kalgoorlie
  • Postcode(s): 6431
  • LGA(s): Shire of Menzies
  • State electorate(s): Kalgoorlie
  • Federal division(s): O'Connor

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