Sandstone - WA

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Located 157 km east of Mount Magnet and 661 km north of Perth, Sandstone is a heritage town in the lower Murchison District. The landscape although harsh, is picturesque with numerous breakaways.

Sandstone started life as a boom goldrush town in the late 1890s but by 1919 it had become a virtual ghost town. Consequently the history of the town is very much the history of the East Murchison - the discovery of gold, the sudden influx of miners, the dreams of a town that would last forever, the sudden decline in the goldfields, the disappearance of the population, and the town settling down to become a small centre for the surrounding pastoral leases.

Sandstone once again supports mining but now also tourism.
Visitors today will enjoy a few heritage buildings in the main street and a wonderful self-drive Heritage Trail (get maps from post office). Simply follow the signs on good dirt road to view the Brewery, State Battery, London Bridge, & Contradiction Well.