BULLFINCH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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A small gold mining town in the WA eastern goldfields.
Location: 34 kilometres north west of Southern Cross.
Origin of name: Bullfinch was the name given to mining leases in the vicinity held by D. L. Doolette and V. Shallcross in 1909-1910.
Brief history: gold was discovered on the leases of D. L. Doolette and V. Shallcross by an employee, Charlie Jones, in April 1910. Although the Bullfinch mine was closed in May 1921, another mining boom took place in this area after World War II when Western Mining took over the Copperhead leases. By 1950 the Copperhead mine was employing 130 men and the company had built a new town. Production ceased in May 1963.
Natural features: The Sisters; Police Rock; Hughes Hill; Mount Huggins; Mount Colreavy