Higginsville is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance Region of Western Australia.[2] According to the 2016 census, Higginsville had a population of 66.

The town was gazetted in 1907 and is believed to have been named after the prospector Patrick Justice Higgins.[2]

The town is located on the Esperance branch railway, west of Lake Cowan. The currently active Higginsville Gold Mine is located nearby.

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Higginsville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b History of country town names - H Archived 12 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Landgate website, accessed: 25 January 2010
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higginsville,_Western_Australia
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