History
Gwalia ghost town and Hoover House
Leonora, Western Australia
Preserved gold mining town beside the Sons of Gwalia mine, with a museum and Hoover's old house.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The Sons of Gwalia mine ran from 1897 to 1963 and Herbert Hoover once managed it. The old town just outside Leonora still has headframes, miners' homes, a museum and Hoover House, now a B and B. A quiet and well kept stop on the Goldfields Highway.
Good to know
- Book Hoover House ahead if you want to stay
- Leave time for the museum and the big pit lookout
- Best time
- Morning
- Getting there
- Sealed road to Leonora, short spur to Gwalia
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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