Gwalia

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. Today, Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, shut down in 1963. Just four kilometres north is the town of Leonora, which remains a hub to the area's mining and pastoral industries. Underground mining at the Sons of Gwalia began in 1897, and continued until 1963. During this time it produced 2.6 million ounces of gold from depths down to 1,000 metres via an incline shaft (similar in nature to California's Empire Mine). The Sons of Gwalia grew to become the largest gold mine outside of...