Laverton

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Laverton is a remote mining town in Western Australia's eastern Goldfields region, known as a gateway to the northern Goldfields and the Outback.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Laverton canonical 8
Laverton townsite 1
Laverton, Western Australia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town ⓘ
town ⓘ
airportIATACode LVO ⓘ
airportICAOCode YLTN ⓘ
associatedWithExploration gold rush era of the 1890s ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
connectedByHighway Laverton–Leonora Road ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromKalgoorlie about 360 kilometres northeast ⓘ
distanceFromLeonora about 120 kilometres northeast ⓘ
distanceFromPerth about 950 kilometres northeast ⓘ
economicRole service centre for remote mining operations ⓘ
elevation about 461 metres ⓘ
formerName British Flag ⓘ
gazettedAsTownsite 1900 ⓘ
governingBody Shire of Laverton Council ⓘ
linked to: Shire of Laverton
hasAirport Laverton Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Great Beyond Explorers Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasEvent Outback race and community events (periodic) ⓘ
hasFacility caravan park ⓘ
nursing post ⓘ
primary school ⓘ
roadhouse ⓘ
hasService royal flying doctor service access ⓘ
isIn Goldfields-Esperance region ⓘ
isSeatOf Shire of Laverton ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Shire of Laverton ⓘ
locatedInDesertRegion Great Victoria Desert fringe ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Laver ⓘ
nearbyMine Granny Smith Gold Mine ⓘ
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine ⓘ
Wallaby Gold Mine ⓘ
linked to: Telfer gold mine
populationEstimate around 300–400 people ⓘ
postcode 6440 ⓘ
primaryIndustry gold mining ⓘ
nickel mining ⓘ
region Eastern Goldfields ⓘ
roadLink connected to Uluru region via Great Central Road ⓘ
roadTerminusOf Great Central Road ⓘ
Outback Way ⓘ
role gateway to the Western Australian Outback ⓘ
gateway to the northern Goldfields ⓘ
state Western Australia ⓘ
timeZone Australian Western Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalOwners Wongatha people ⓘ
transportRole starting point for cross-desert travel to the Northern Territory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goldfields Highway → connects → Laverton ⓘ
Goldfields → contains → Laverton ⓘ
Shire of Laverton → seat → Laverton ⓘ
Shire of Laverton → governs → Laverton ⓘ
Shire of Laverton → hasServiceCentre → Laverton townsite ⓘ
linked to: Laverton
Jindalee Operational Radar Network → hasSite → Laverton, Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Laverton