And All So Far From Home....
Cue
Western Australia
Cue
1897
Cue was gazetted a townsite in August 1893. It is named after Tom Cue, one of those who discovered gold there in 1892. The following account from an article in the "Sunday Times" dated Nov. 24th, 1974, page 7 describes the beginnings of Cue "Back in the young Western Australia of 1890, the gold rush to the Murchison was in full swing. Crowds of gold seekers actually walked over large quantities of surface gold that was eventually found by Tom Cue after one of those all too common droughts removed the surface grass. Cue, the capital of Murchison, mushroomed near the spot where Tom Cue and his mates made fortunes by turning over stones with forked sticks as their only equipment. Gold virtually covered the ground. This surface gold did not build the town though. The deep gold did this."
Further information can be obtained from
| Cue Cemetery | Cue Schools | Lonely Graves Near Cue | Cue Photos | Cue 1921 Post.Office Directory |
| Old Cue Cemetery |
Books of interest................
"The Old Coach Roads to Cue and Beyond"
by Alex Palmer
Murchison district history
photos, maps and indexed
Published by Hesperian Press 1993
ISBN 0 85905 183 8
"Just a Century Ago"
by P.R. Heydon
A history of the Shire of Cue
photos, maps and indexed
Published by Hesperian Press 1987
ISBN 0 85905 110 2
"Poona W.A. and the Seekers of Emeralds
by Alex Plamer
lots of pictures and great characters & indexed
Published by LAP Industries 1990
ISBN 0 7316 8854 6
