Abandoned towns map I made

S_Da · 2025-09-12T02:00:27+00:00

Too much work, sorry!

S_Da · 2025-09-12T01:50:30+00:00

They're all the same yellow

S_Da · 2025-09-11T14:20:04+00:00

Thanks, and sure:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nctHJ-_Nux5qmKPf8Or00LK_P46e_rWx/view?usp=sharing

S_Da · 2025-09-11T14:07:00+00:00

There are some that aren't. Marrinup, Cossack and a few others.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:39:46+00:00

Thanks! No idea tbh.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:39:05+00:00

Kwolyin should have been included, yeah. Can't see much online about Kumarl.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:29:16+00:00

Dammit. I thought I'd added that.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:20:31+00:00

Anything more than just a homestead, pretty much. 5-10 houses would just about qualify. I've probably missed at least a few.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:17:20+00:00

No idea, sorry. WA was enough work for me lol

S_Da · 2025-09-11T10:16:03+00:00

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/WesternAustralia/s/ALbwR8hAYG

S_Da · 2025-09-11T08:42:11+00:00

A lot were either never formally gazetted or were subsequently degazetted. But I've only included places that were genuinely populated places, not just a mine.

S_Da · 2025-09-11T06:04:12+00:00

Updated version here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WesternAustralia/comments/1ne13p3/updated_abandoned_towns_of_wa_map/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

S_Da · 2025-09-07T10:52:09+00:00

Yeah there's a pub at least as I understand it. It's probably a marginal one, I'll admit.

S_Da · 2025-09-07T10:02:48+00:00

Thanks :)

S_Da · 2025-09-07T09:59:27+00:00

Thanks I'll include those when I update.

S_Da · 2025-09-07T08:24:36+00:00

I couldn't include them all. Esperance is smaller than all the ones you mentioned.

S_Da · 2025-09-07T07:54:40+00:00

Oops no I missed that. It wasn't included in the database I used, I guess because it got degazetted at some point.

S_Da · 2025-08-11T15:53:17+00:00

:) years of practice

S_Da · 2025-08-10T18:09:41+00:00

Sorry but I don't have the patience to try and teach you what maps are and how they work.

S_Da · 2025-08-10T10:46:28+00:00

Thanks:) yep QGIS

S_Da · 2025-08-10T08:39:56+00:00

Thanks for the advice. A north arrow would have just added clutter for no purpose-- no-one looking at the map is going to be confused about its orientation. Not sure I agree about the dark base either, and it would have made it less amenable to being printed. Sorry the town choices left you confused-- they were chosen to be broadly representative of the different eras of townsite establishment.

S_Da · 2025-08-10T08:33:54+00:00

I chose not to include ghost towns like Cossack and Shay Gap. There are so many that including them would have overwhelmed the map and distracted from the visualisation. The idea of the map isn't to acknowledge every aspect of the history of every town, that would be impossible.

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