Rothsay Western Australia

Rothsay is an abandoned town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. A prospector named George Woodley discovered gold in the area in 1894 and initially the area was known as Woodley's Find.Within a year all of the leases had been pegged and in 1895 Woodley sold his claim to a Scottish mining company. The local progress association r…
Rothsay is an abandoned town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. A prospector named George Woodley discovered gold in the area in 1894 and initially the area was known as Woodley's Find.Within a year all of the leases had been pegged and in 1895 Woodley sold his claim to a Scottish mining company. The local progress association requested that a townsite be declared in 1897 and it was gazetted in 1898. Later the same year the population of the town was 140, 110 males and 30 females.
  • Population: 197 (SAL 2021)
  • Established: 1898
  • Elevation: 353 m (1,158 ft)
  • Location: 427 km (265 mi) NNE of Perth · 70 km (43 mi) ENE of Perenjori
  • Postcode(s): 6620
  • Area: 3,490.1 km² (1,347.5 sq mi)
  • LGA(s): Shire of Perenjori

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