Leinster, Western Australia
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Leinster is a town in the northern Goldfields area of Western Australia. It is Script error: No such module "convert". east of the Goldfields Highway in the Shire of Leonora, and Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of the state capital, Perth.[1]
The town was established in 1976 by Agnew Mining, initially as a dormitory town for miners working in the nearby Perseverance and Rockys Reward nickel mines, now the Leinster Nickel Mine, and Agnew gold mines, now the Agnew Gold Mine. It was named for the nearby Leinster Downs station. Facilities at Leinster include a supermarket, service station, community school, day care centre, medical centre and tavern. Sporting facilities include an indoor sports centre, a Script error: No such module "convert". Olympic sized pool and a baby pool, squash courts, BMX track, football and cricket oval, and an 18-hole golf course. The school is an independent public school for students up to year 12.[2]
The Leinster Nickel Operation is part of the BHP's Nickel West business group. As at 2006, the operation employed 992 workers and produced Script error: No such module "convert". of nickel in concentrate per year.[3][4] Leinster Airport was built adjacent to the mine.
Apart from the nickel operations, gold was mined Script error: No such module "convert". south-east of Leinster, at the Thunderbox Gold Mine, from 2002 to 2007 and again since 2016.
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- ↑ Perseverance Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia on Mindat.org
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