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Paynes Find
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Paynes Find
Total population
58
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Paynes Find, also called Paynes, is a settlement approximately 430 kilometres (267 mi) northeast of Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is reachable by the Great Northern Highway. It was originally founded after the discovery of a gold bearing quartz vein; a roadhouse, a battery, and a few other buildings remain today. Alongside its fluctuating gold activity the area is known for its annual everlasting bloom, and sheep stations.
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History
The townsite was gazetted in 1911, the same year the gold battery was constructed. The battery is the only currently operational battery left in the state. The town is named after the prospector, Thomas Payne, who was the first to discover gold in the area and was the first to register a lease for gold mining with the Mines Department. He was rewarded with free use of the state's gold battery and his ore was the first to be crushed using the battery. The ghost town of Paynesville is also named in his honour. Water supply was an ongoing issue for mining at Paynes both for drinking and for the operation of the battery. By the 1930s the town had prospered and the population was estimated at 500. In 1987 the battery was sold to the Taylor family, who use it as a tourist attraction.
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Nearby places in Western Australia
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- Kellerberrin163.7 mi away · pop. 798
- Southern Cross167.4 mi away · pop. 523
- Leeman169.4 mi away · pop. 351
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Official Identifiers
ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ASGS 2021
- SAL51215
- Population (Wikidata)
- 26
- Wikidata
- Q7156850
ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics — ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112