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Wittenoom

Ghost town, Australia, founded 1950.

About Wittenoom

Former townsite located within the Wittenoom Asbestos Hazard Zone in Western Australia. Gazetted 1 August 1950 and degazetted 26 June 2007. The asbestos mine closed in 1966. The State reports more than 2,000 asbestos-related deaths among workers and residents.1,2,3

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Mines

Worked atWittenoom (Colonial Mine)Wittenoom lies close to Wittenoom (Colonial Mine).1

Events

Led toAsbestos mining at Wittenoom endsWittenoom is part of this story: Asbestos mining at Wittenoom ends.1Led toWittenoom removed from official mapsWittenoom is part of this story: Wittenoom removed from official maps.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3569521 (Wittenoom)
  2. Information on the former town of Wittenoom Government of Western Australia
  3. McGowan Government to finalise closure of Wittenoom (media statement, 20 March 2019) Government 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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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.