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Cue WA 6640
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Web: https://www.cue.wa.gov.au/tourism/historical-buildings/item/day-dawn-townsite
A townsite in the Murchison Goldfields, just 6.6 km from
Cue, Day Dawn was originally gazetted as "Bundawadra" in 1894, but was changed to Day Dawn within three months. Gold was discovered here by Ted Hefferman in 1892, and he named his discovery "Day Dawn", after the time of day that he pegged his claim. The area developed rapidly from 1898 when the famous "Great Fingall"
mine was established, and the town of Day Dawn boomed. Flooding and other problems closed the
mine around World war II, and Day Dawn soon faded away.