Kintore, Western Australia
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Kintore | |
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  Kintore | |
| Coordinates: 30°36′04″S 121°01′12″E / 30.601°S 121.02°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| LGA | |
| Location |
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| Established | 1897 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 417 m (1,368 ft) |
| Postcode | 6430 |
Kintore is an abandoned town in Western Australia located 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of Kalgoorlie along the Coolgardie North Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Gold was discovered in the area in December 1894 by prospectors Leith and Barrett.[1][2] The first mine was named after Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, the retiring Governor of South Australia who was visiting Western Australia at the time.[3] Following a rapid growth in population the local progress committee petitioned for the town to be declared and the town was gazetted in 1897.[4]
By 1898 the population of the town was 240 (200 males and 40 females).[5]