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Kambalda

Boom town, Australia, founded 1897.

About Kambalda

Town in Western Australia. The 1897 gold townsite was abandoned by 1907. WMC found nickel on 28 January 1966 and a second townsite, Kambalda West, followed in 1969.1,2

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Mines

Worked atKambalda nickelKambalda lies close to Kambalda nickel.1Worked atMount MarionMount Marion lies about 24 km away.1

Events

Led toNickel sulphides found at KambaldaKambalda is part of this story: Nickel sulphides found at Kambalda.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3192342 (Kambalda)
  2. Mining and Energy Western Australia: Nickel State Library of Western Australia

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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