Cue, Western Australia

Once a thriving goldmining town, Cue is today one of Australia's most famous ghost towns.
Location: 650 km north-east of Perth
Origin of name: recalls Tom Cue, who first discovered gold here in 1892 after a drought removed the surface grass to expose alluvial gold everywhere.
Brief history: the town of Cue grew up around the gold diggings. The surface gold was soon removed during the heady days of the gold rush but deep mining continued long after the late 19th century prospectors left.
Natural features: The Granites (rock formation); Walga Rock
Heritage features: Government buildings (Post & Telegraph Offices, Savings Bank, Warden's Office, Mining Registrar's Office, Police Station, Police & Land Office, Inspecting Surveyors Office and associated quarters, 1897); Masonic Hall (1899); ruins of abandoned mining towns of Day Dawn and Big Bell; Walga Rock Aboriginal rock art; Wilgie Mia ochre mine