Laverton
If anywhere typified the rip-roaring image of the gold rush, it was the Laverton district at the turn of the century.
Such was the wild behavior of the miners in the district, it was reckoned that at one stage the only person buried in the Burtville cemetery who had died from natural causes was a six-week old baby.
Laverton declined after the surface gold was mined out in the early 1900s, but revived in the 1970s following the discovery of nickel at nearby Windarra.
The giant Windarra mine, centerpiece of the fabulous Poseidon nickel boom of the early 1970s, can be viewed by visitors although the mine itself is not open for inspection.
Visitors can use Laverton as a base to explore the many ghost towns and abandoned gold mines in the district, including Burtville, Gladiator, Heffernans and Just in Time.
Laverton, 360k north of kalgoorlie, is the end of the sealed section of the Warburton Range Road. It is also accessible by air from Perth and kalgoorlie.
Visual source: theplancollection
