Paynes Find   WA  6612
Population: 80,  
Height above sea level: 340m
Latitude: -29.1600,   Longitude: 117.4100
Location:   425kmnorth east of Perth
Highway: Great Northern Hwy 
Nearest Major Town: Perth
Nearest Airport: Perth
Touring Area: WA Mid West
Once a busy gold town it lies at the centre of a vast pastoral region.
Gazetted in 1911 as a town it is now little more than a roadhouse stop along the highway.
It is named after Thomas Payne who found gold and registered a claim there resulting in a mini goldrush. In the 1930s the township had a population of around 500 and its own gold stamper battery, the only operational one still in existence in Western Australia.

The battery at Paynes Find


  
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