Paynes Find - Western Australia

	Paynes Find WA 6612
	Population: 80, Height above sea level: 340m Latitude: -29.1600, Longitude: 117.4100 Location: 425kmnorth east of Perth Highway: Great Northern Hwy Nearest Major Town: Perth Nearest Airport: Perth Touring Area: WA Mid West
Once a busy gold town it lies at the centre of a vast pastoral region. Gazetted in 1911 as a town it is now little more than a roadhouse stop along the highway. It is named after Thomas Payne who found gold and registered a claim there resulting in a mini goldrush. In the 1930s the township had a population of around 500 and its own gold stamper battery, the only operational one still in existence in Western Australia.

The battery at Paynes Find