Reedy is an
abandoned town
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in the
Murchison region of Western Australia. The town is located between
Cue and
Meekatharra in the
Mid West
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region of Western Australia.
Gold
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was discovered in the area by H. Reed in 1899–1900 and a nearby well, Reedy's Well, was named after him. The well appeared on maps of the area in 1908 as a known
water source
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.
Further gold discoveries were made in the 1930s and several mines were developed. By 1933 the Cue-
Day Dawn road board petitioned for a townsite to be surveyed and declared.
Suggestions for the name of the town included Triton, Mathers and Reedy.
The town was gazetted in 1934.
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Ghost towns in Western Australia
Shire of Cue