Kanowna II
Kanowna is the name of several things *Kanowna, Western Australia, a ghost town in Western Australia *TSS Kanowna, an Australian steamer built during 1902 which sank in 1929 *Kanowna Belle Gold Mine The Kanowna Belle Gold Mine is a gold mine north-east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, near the ghost town of Kanowna. It is operated by Northern Star Resources.

Kanowna, Western Australia
Kanowna is a ghost town in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, about east of Kalgoorlie. It is sited on Maduwongga tribal lands. At the 2016 census, Kanowna had a population of 10 people. After the discovery of gold in the area in 1893, the townsite was gazetted in 1894. and the population grew from 2,500 in 1897 to over 12,500 by 1899. However, the alluvial gold supply was rapidly exhausted and underground mines following the outcropping vein produced decreasing amounts of gold, resulting in a slow but steady decrease in the population. The railway station was closed during the Great Depression, and by 1953 the town had been abandoned. The railway station platform, two cemeteries and mine workings are all that is left of the original town of Kanowna. Signs erected by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society mark the sites of significant buildings. Increasing gold prices in the late 1970s sparked renewed interest in exploring the geology of the area for new sources o ...
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TSS Kanowna
TSS ''Kanowna'', was an Australian steamboat, steamer built during 1902. The 6,993-ton, long ''Kanowna'' was constructed by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, Scotland, and had a twin screw steamer, twin screw design. Operational history ''Kanowna'' was operated by the Australian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSNC), and it served the Sydney to Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle route. During August and September 1914, ''Kanowna'' was requisitioned by the Australian military to troopship, transport 1,000 soldiers to German New Guinea as part of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.Frame & Baker, ''Mutiny!'', p. 72 Sailing late from Townsville on 8 August, the ship was forced to anchor off Thursday Island until 16 August, and did not arrive off Port Moresby until 6 September. The expeditionary force sailed the next day for Rabaul, but ''Kanowna'' fell behind the rest of the convoy, with the ship's master signalling to that his crew had mutiny, mu ...
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