Meeka Lookout Orientation Table, Meekatharra Western Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member WanderingAus
S 26° 35.784 E 118° 29.170
50J E 647983 N 7057406
An Orientation Table at a lookout on a hill overlooking the former gold rush town of Meekatharra.
Waymark Code: WMEPDC
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 06/22/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Chris777
Views: 1

The first settlement at Meekatharra occurred in 1894 and in May 1896, after the prospectors Meehan, Porter and Soich discovered gold, miners moved to the new settlement from the other East Murchison fields and mining grew rapidly in scale and sophistication.

Success on the Meekatharra field was short-lived. It was only because a second gold discovery occurred in 1899 that the town survived. In 1901 the Meekatharra State Battery began operation and by Christmas Day 1903 the township had been officially gazetted.

Meekatharra exists now as a major supply centre for the pastoral and mining area in the Murchison region of Western Australia. It is located 764 km north-east of Perth on the Great Northern Highway. It is a centre for sheep and cattle transshipment, initially by rail but now by road trains. It is also a regional home to the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air. No viable horticultural industry exists in the area, although extensive but poor sheep and cattle stations exist in the Murchison and Gascoyne Regions.

There are a lot of places named on the table, but the detail is so small it's unreadable in the full table view, so I've added a few enlargements.

Location / Access:
At the end of the lookout drive, signposted all the way from the main street.


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Date of creation: Not listed

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