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Western Australia

Kookynie, living ghost town

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: hotel refuse, surface relics, largely protected.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Boomed 1900-1910 with thousands of residents and 11 hotels, of which one still pours beer among ruins; extensive townsite scatters in open bush.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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