Golden Pipeline
A time capsule of water,
gold & Western Australia
A project from the National Trust of WA
A self-guided drive trail between the Perth Hills and Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. Go with the Flow. Follow the water to discover more about the audacious goldfields water supply scheme and Engineer CY O’Connor.
“Future generations, I am quite certain will think of us and bless us for our far seeing patriotism, and it will be said of us, as Isaiah said of old, ‘They made a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert”
Old Cemetery, Southern Cross
Located at the southern end of Southern Cross the cemetery, which was only used from 1891 until 1898, has been redeveloped as a Pioneer Memorial.
During its seven years of operation 256 people were buried there, 94 in 1895 alone. It is a reminder of the dangers involved in searching for gold in such a hostile environment.
The wife of Western Australia’s most famous bushranger, Moondyne Joe, is buried there. Moondyne Joe, whose real name was Joseph Bolitho Johns, joined the Yilgarn Gold Rush. He knew the area well, having been captured once at Boodalin Soak, which is near Westonia.
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Northam to Cunderdin
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