Lakewood
Western Australia
Lakewood is located in Western Australia
Lakewood
Lakewood
Coordinates30°48′29″S 121°32′02″E / 30.808°S 121.534°E / -30.808; 121.534
Established1904
Postcode(s)6431
Elevation331 m (1,086 ft)
Area17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
State electorate(s)Electoral district of Kalgoorlie
Federal division(s)O'Connor

Lakewood is a ghost town in Western Australia, located between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

Originally the town was known as Lakeside and in 1903 the local progress association lobbied the government for residential lots to be surveyed. The name Lakeside was not considered, as a town in Queensland with the same name already existed. The name Gnumballa was considered by the Kalgoorlie Road Board but when the town was gazetted in 1904 it was originally named Ngumballa.[1] The name is Aboriginal in origin and is the local name for Hannan Lake. The name of the railway station remained as Lakeside and by 1909 the name of the town was also changed. Another station near Wiluna was named Lakeside in 1938 so the name of the town was once again changed, this time to Lakewood. The town was not officially renamed until 1947.

Timber railways for firewood in the goldfields, are linked to the locality in the early 20th century.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "History of country town names – L". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ Bianchi, Phil; Tovey, Ray, 1935-; Bianchi, Phil; Tovey, Ray (2007), Lakewood woodline 1937 to 1964 : its origins, operations and people, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-422-5((citation)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Winfield, Cliff (1987-03). Gimlets and gold: the story of Kalgoorlie's woodlines. In Landscope. 2 (3), 34-40.
  4. ^ Saunders, S.J. (1956) The history of the woodlines and their association with the gold mining industry - address to members of the W.A. Historical Society
  5. ^ Bunbury, Bill (2002) Timber for gold : life on the Goldfields woodlines North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 1-86368-372-0
  6. ^ Gunzburg, Adrian (1999) In search of the woodlines. Account of 1999 expedition to locate remains of various firewood company railways in the Eastern Goldfields. Lakewood Firewood Company. West Australian Goldfields Firewood Supply Co. Pty. Ltd. Kalgoorlie & Boulder Firewood Co. Light railways No. 147 (June 1999), p. 10 - 13
  7. ^ Phil Bianchi, Peter Bridge, Ray Tovey (eds) (2008) Early woodlines of the Goldfields : the untold story of the woodlines to World War II Victoria Park, W.A. : Hesperian Press (Second edition) ISBN 0-85905-432-2
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