January 6, 2024
Site Number 5 on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail.
From the Menzies Shire:
“Gold was found in Goongarrie in May 1893 by Billy Frost and Jack Bennett. The site was the first important gold discovery after Coolgardie (before Kalgoorlie). Originally known as the Roaring Gimlet of the Ninety Mile (its distance from Coolgardie), this once prosperous town boasted a post and telegraph office, two hotels and several shops which did a good trade as a stopover for the daily coach from Coolgardie to Menzies. Both the failure of the local mine and the coming of the railway put an end to the town’s prosperity.”
Remaining today is the Station Masters House, secured against vandalism, and two of the Fettlers cottages. The location of the platform can still be seen but it was demolished in the 1920s , long before the houses were abandoned although no date is available for that.
