Headframe
Headframe is a historic site in Shire of Leonora, Western Australia. Headframe is situated nearby to the historic site Gwalia Museum Group, as well as near Assay Building.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.
Gwalia
Quarry
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Gwalia is situated 460 metres south of Headframe.
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.
Headframe
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Shire of Leonora, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-28.91468° or 28° 54′ 53″ southLongitude
121.33457° or 121° 20′ 4″ eastOpen location code
5Q3338PM+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 13999651217OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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