GHOST TOWNS STARTING WITH 'C'

 

Ghost towns - Western Australia

 

 

 

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CALLION Originally named - SPEAKMAN'S FIND.
30 07' S 120 34' E
60 Km SW Menzies
Gazetted in 1897

CAMDEN HARBOUR

CAMPION
Nungarin Shire.
Railway siding.
31 01.3' S 118 30' E
Railway closed in 1957.

CANE GRASS SWAMP HOTEL
90 Mile road near Goongarrie.

CANEGRASS
Railway siding between the present Kalgoorlie and Menzies.
30 10.6' S 121 08.9' E
closed in 1962.

CARINYAH FORESTRY SETTLEMENT
Carinyah Road east of Barton's Mill.

CARLAMINDA
Original name - DELANEY'S REEF
12 Km N Yalgoo.

CARON
29 38' S 116 19' E
South of Perenjori
Wheatbelt siding.

CELEBRATION CITY

CHANDLER
31 06' S 118 25' E
Between Lake Campion and Lake Andler in Nungarin Shire.
Gazetted in 1943
1952 the whole town was put up for sale. Virtually everything sold by October 1953

CHESTERFIELD
8 Km NW of NANNINE

CHILDE HAROLD
22 Km S Laverton

CHUBBLE
Originally called BOWGADA.

CLAYMORE RAILWAY SIDING
33 43.6' S 115 40.8' E
Wonnerup to Nannup railway

CLAYMORE TIMBER MILL
7 Km E of Claymore Railway Siding.

CLINCHES WELL
In the vicinity of Coodingnow Station in the Murchison.

COMET VALE
29 56 36' S 121 07 34' E
30 Km S of Menzies
Gazetted a town site in 1916.


CONDON
Widely used name for SHELLBOROUGH.

COODARDUP
Original name for KUDARDUP

COOGLEGONG
On a tributary of the Shaw River.
60 Km SW of Marble Bar

COONDIP
Original name for KUNDIP

COONGAN RAILWAY SIDING
20 52.6' S 119 44.7' E
Siding opened 1913 and closed in 1951

COONGAN RIVER
Between Shellborough and Marble Bar/Nullagine.

COORARA CLAYPAN
22 38' S 116 E
Junction of Duck Creek and the Ashburton River in the Pilbara.

CORK TREE FLAT
Original name for TUCKANARRA

CORRINGLE SETTLEMENT
Also known as Wilson's Patch
28 19' 14 S, 121 09' 55 E.
Half way between Leonora and Leinster, Western Australia.
An experiment in remote housing for Aboriginal people.
Find out more at : https://www.wilja.asn.au/

(C) Max Jefferies

Corringle today

COX'S FIND


CRAIGGIEMORE
Alternate name for MOUNT MARGARET

CUDDINGWARRA
Name that replaced DEAD FINISH
27 22' S 117 47' E
Near Cue
Originally known as Dead Finish, but Cuddingwarra was the name used the town was gazetted in December 1895

CUTMORES WELL
Original name for - DOYLES WELL.

 

 

 

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