Local Government
Cue
Region
Midwest
adjac Karbar Stn Tuckanarra
Boyle's Find
Cue
Midwest
Constructed from 1897
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Nov 1996 | ||
The Tuckanarra Townsite has some historic significance as an early settlement in the Cue district.
Apart from the original road alignment and hotel, there are few obvious features to delineate the townsite. The abandoned goldfields townsite is located in the Murchison Goldfield, 692 km north north east of Perth and 41 km north north east of Cue on the Great Northern Highway.
Gold was discovered here by Boyle and Moore early in 1897, and for a time the place was known as Boyle's Find. In early 1898 the government proposed to erect a battery here, and the Tuckanarra Progress Committee requested a townsite be declared. After some debate about the exact location of the townsite, lots were surveyed in late 1898 and the townsite gazetted in February 1899. Tuckanarra is an Aboriginal name, first recorded for a nearby hill in 1889. One expert in seeking to derive a meaning for the name has suggested that the meaning for the Aboriginal word "dtuka"is the coolaman or wooden dish and "gnurra"is camp or mia mia. Therefore the probable meaning of this name is "camp of the wooden dish". (Landgate History of Town Names)
Historic Town or district
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| Original Use | OTHER | Other |
| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Aboriginal Occupation |
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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