Gwalia
The Gwalia Gold Mine is located at Gwalia, a few kilometres south of Leonora, Western Australia. It was originally established by Welsh miners in the late 19th century and Herbert Hoover, the later President of the United States, served as the mine manager in its early days from May to November 1898.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: gold mine in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Gwalia Gold Mine”, “Gwalia mine”, and “Gwalia Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gwalia Museum Group and Assay Building.
Gwalia Museum Group
Historic site
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwalia Museum Group is a historic site, which is situated 460 metres north of Gwalia.
Assay Building
Building
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Assay Building is situated 430 metres north of Gwalia.
State Hotel
Building
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
State Hotel is a building, which is situated 640 metres northwest of Gwalia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwalia and Leonora.
Gwalia
Hamlet
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwalia is a former gold-mining town located 233 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert.
Leonora
Photo: Richard Riley, CC BY 2.0.
Leonora is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located 833 kilometres northeast of the state capital, Perth, and 237 kilometres north of the city of Kalgoorlie.
Gwalia
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Shire of Leonora, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-28.91866° or 28° 55′ 7″ southLongitude
121.33334° or 121° 20′ eastElevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)Open location code
5Q3338JM+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 27088806OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gwalia” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gwalia”
- Dutch: “Gwalia”
- French: “Gwalia”
- French: “mine d’or Gwalia”
- French: “Mine d’or Gwalia”
- German: “Gwalia”
- Italian: “Gwalia”
- Spanish: “Gwalia (mina de oro)”
- Spanish: “Gwalia”
- Swedish: “Gwalia”
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