Ora Banda - WA

  Village

Position

DEG: -30.37689 121.061493
DMS: 30º 22' 36.8" S 121º 03' 41.37" E
UTM: 51 J 6637857mN 313729mE
Altitude: 449.07m

Description

Place Type

Population - Village

Location

525.57kms East of Perth - Driving 673 km (8 hours 16 mins)

Address & Contact

Carbine Ora Banda Rd
Mt Burges WA 6429
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

Ora Banda is located approximately 70km from Kalgoorlie. The Ora Banda Historical Inn will be 100 years old in 2011. The grounds have 7 motel units and a caravan park (coming soon) with powered and un-powered sites. Located next to the Ora Banda Historical Inn grounds is the old Government Battery which used to process ore for the local prospectors and will soon be turned into a museum.

Ora Banda is a goldfields town which seems to be hovering between ghost town and revitalised mining centre. Although Ora Banda (the name is Spanish meaning 'band of gold) is now a virtual ghost town, it can claim a longevity which most of the other so called 'ghost towns' on the goldfields have never enjoyed.

Gold was discovered in the Ora Banda district in 1893 and shortly afterwards the Weston brothers established the Ora Banda mine. The mine continued to operate until the late 1970s although it was forced to stop operations during World War I because of the lack of water.
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Closest Weather Station

Kalgoorlie-Boulder at 28/04:30pm WST
Distance from Ora Banda 58.81km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
27.4°C26.7°C27%6.8°C1016.3hPa0.0mmCALM0km/hr
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Closest Climatic Station

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport
Distance from Ora Banda 58.81km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C33.732.129.525.220.717.516.718.622.225.829.032.0
Mean Min. °C18.317.816.012.68.76.25.05.68.011.114.116.6
Mean Rain mm24.131.326.020.626.228.325.021.014.115.318.016.3

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