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Childe Harold - Western Australia
28° 48' 7'' South , 122° 23' 25'' East

Childe Harold GM Open Cut - Photo SLWA

It seems that the town of Childe Harold was never gazetted,  however, it appears to have had a cricket pitch and a racetrack. In 1901 Mr Pettigtrew, of the Child Harold GM applied for a liquor license with the intention of building a hotel , but it was refused by the Warden. In 1902 the population was of 150 people.

The Childe Harold goldfield was first discovered by George Flowers in 1895. He then sold it to the Venture Corporation of the USA in 1896. Unfavorable report from the company geologists forced the firm to drop the leases. They were then taken up by Bob and Wally Clark, brothers, of Mt Morgans, who held them for a year before offering them to a Mr Taylor who at the time was the owner of the Annaconda GM at Murrin Murrin. The mine was they taken under option by J W Archibald, owner of the Guests GM Mt Morgans, for a period of 12 months. When this option lapsed, Mr Bob Pettigrew, on behalf of the Australian Prospecting Syndicate took up the lease and commenced the first serious working of the mine. The mine was closed down in 1902-3 and during its lifetime it produced 9361 ounces of fine gold.