And All So Far From Home....

Black Range(Nunngarra)
Western Australia

The East Murchison Goldfield was proclaimed on 28 June 1895 with the boundaries altered on 28 March 1902 and further amendments
on 1 March 1907 to divide the goldfield into 3 districts: Lawler's, Wiluna and Black Range. Black Range is the western most portion of East Murchison
and included 6 main mining centres. Black Range township was declared in Dec 1903   the aboriginal name, Nungarra also was used. Rich gold was discovered
by a prospector name Howie but by 1902 the name Howie's Patch was dropped in favour of the name Black Range

Black Range Cemetery

Books of interest................

"Barb of the Spear" by Bob Shepherd
lots of pictures but no index
Published by Warrigul Press 1987
ISBN 0 7316 115 2

"Sandstone - From Gold to Wool & Back Again" -
a district history - by Sally Senior
Published by the Shire of Sandstone 1995
Available from the Shire of Sandstone
a great regional history, lots of pictures & indexed