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Black Range (Nunngarra)  Western Australia

The East Murchison Goldfield was proclaimed on 28 June 1895 with the boundaries altered on 28 March 1902 and further amendments on 1 March 1907 to divide the goldfield into 3 districts: Lawler's, Wiluna and Black Range. Black Range is the western most portion of East Murchison and included 6 main mining centres. Black Range township was declared in Dec 1903   the aboriginal name, Nungarra also was used. Rich gold was discovered by a prospector name Howie but by 1902 the name Howie's Patch was dropped in favour of the name Black Range.

Wardens Court Black Range - Photo SLWA

Street map Black Range 1904  - Image SLWA

Reccomended Reading

Barb of the Spear by Bob Shepherd
lots of pictures but no index
Published by Warrigul Press 1987
ISBN 0 7316 115 2 (Out of Print)

Sandstone - From Gold to Wool & Back Again, a district history - by Sally Senior
Published by the Shire of Sandstone 1995
Available from the Shire of Sandstone a great regional history, lots of pictures & indexed