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Day Dawn - WA

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Position

DEG: -27.462391 117.864861

DMS: 27º 27' 44.61" S 117º 51' 53.5" E

UTM: 50 J 6962052mN 585455mE

Altitude: 428.99m

Address & Contact

Cue WA 6640

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.cue.wa.gov.au/tourism/historical-buildings/item/day-dawn-townsite

Information

A townsite in the Murchison Goldfields, just 6.6 km from Cue, Day Dawn was originally gazetted as "Bundawadra" in 1894, but was changed to Day Dawn within three months. Gold was discovered here by Ted Hefferman in 1892, and he named his discovery "Day Dawn", after the time of day that he pegged his claim. The area developed rapidly from 1898 when the famous "Great Fingall" mine was established, and the town of Day Dawn boomed. Flooding and other problems closed the mine around World war II, and Day Dawn soon faded away.

PlaceID	58754

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Magnet Airport at 02/02:30pm WST

Distance from Day Dawn 72.62km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
28.1°C	21.7°C	14%	-1.9°C	1015.0hPa	0.0mm	N	22km/hr 12knots	32km/hr 17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Magnet Aero

Distance from Day Dawn 72.62km 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