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Bonnie Vale, Western Australia

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Established
  
1897

State electorate(s)
  
Eyre

Founded
  
1897

Postal code
  
6430

Federal division
  
Division of O'Connor

Postcode(s)
  
6430

Elevation
  
375 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:58 AM

Lga
  
Shire of Coolgardie

Bonnie Vale, Western Australia

Location
  
570 km (354 mi) ENE of Perth 12 km (7 mi) North of Coolgardie

Weather
  
25°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 33% Humidity

Bonnie Vale is an abandoned goldfields townsite 14 km north of Coolgardie in Western Australia.

The town was gazetted in 1897. It was apparently named after Bonnie, a prospector who picked up a 7 oz troy (220 g) nugget here in May/June 1894.

It is famous as the site of the Varischetti mine rescue of 1907, when Italian gold miner Modesto Varischetti was trapped for nine days in a mine when it was flooded after a thunderstorm. Varischetti survived in an air pocket until rescued. A diver using deep-sea diving equipment located Varischetti five days after the mine was flooded, and provided him with food, candles and letters of encouragement.

It serves as the railway station for Coolgardie on the Prospector Perth to Kalgoorlie passenger service.

Rail services

The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Bonnie Vale.

References

Bonnie Vale, Western Australia Wikipedia