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Poverty Flat Gold Discovery Site - WA

Poverty Flat Gold Discovery Site

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -28.046518 117.811607

DMS: 28º 02' 47.47" S 117º 48' 41.79" E

UTM: 50 J 6897379mN 579766mE

Altitude: 451.41m

Address & Contact

Hill Fifty Rd
Mount Magnet WA 6638

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/872c78d7-18e5-4c44-a274-3c40cc21ae8e

Information

Poverty Flats is where alluvial gold was discovered by Steadman in November, 1891 while he was searching for a lost swag. It was not long before many prospectors were attracted to the area to find their fortunes.

PlaceID	284779

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Magnet Airport at 02/12:00pm WST

Distance from Poverty Flat Gold Discovery Site 8.25km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
28.0°C	21.4°C	16%	-0.1°C	1017.2hPa	0.0mm	NNW	24km/hr 13knots	37km/hr 20knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Magnet Aero

Distance from Poverty Flat Gold Discovery Site 8.25km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.0	36.4	32.9	28.7	24.0	19.8	18.7	21.1	24.4	29.2	32.3	35.5
Mean Min. °C	23.4	23.0	20.0	16.1	11.8	8.3	7.0	7.7	10.2	14.3	17.7	21.1
Mean Rain mm	26.6	35.5	35.3	20.5	17.4	20.8	32.4	16.7	9.1	6.9	10.9	24.6