Address & Contact
Goldfields Hwy
Kanowna WA 6431
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Gold was found in Goongarrie in May 1893 by Billy Frost and Jack Bennett. The site was the first important gold discovery after
Coolgardie (before Kalgoorlie). Orginigally known as the Roaring Gimlet of the Ninety Mile (its distance from
Coolgardie), this once prosperous town boasted a post and telegraph office, 2 hotels and several shops which did a good trade as a stopover for the daily coach from
Coolgardie to
Menzies. Both the failure of the local
mine and the coming of the railway put an end to the town's prosperity.