Feysville, Western Australia

Abandoned town in Western Australia

30°57′18″S 121°36′14″E / 30.955°S 121.604°E / -30.955; 121.604Population8 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1898Postcode(s)6431Elevation359 m (1,178 ft)Area945 km² (365 sq mi)Location

620 km (385 mi) ENE of Perth
25 km (16 mi) SE of Kalgoorlie

LGA(s)City of Kalgoorlie-BoulderState electorate(s)Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Federal division(s)O'Connor

Feysville is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda just off the Goldfields Highway.

Alluvial gold was found in the area in 1895 by the prospector Dennis O'Callaghan, which sparked a gold rush on the Hampton Plains Estate lease. Another prospector and field manager, Captain Henry Fey, established the Feysville mine in 1896, and by 1897 the local progress association began to campaign for the town to be declared.

In the same year the town had a debating club and a cricket team and the first hotel was constructed in the town. The town was gazetted on 30 June 1898.^[2]^[3] The population of the town was 97 (90 males and 7 females) in 1898.^[4]

Land was set aside in 1919 for the development of a police station and court house but neither were ever built.^[5]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Feysville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "History of country town names – F". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
^ Western Australian Government Gazette, file 7523/97, 30 June 1898, p.1983.
^ "Population of Western Australia". Western Mail. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 22 April 1898. p. 23. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "Morowa District Historical Society" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.