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Southern Cross is a town in Western Australia, 371 kilometres (230.5 miles) east of state capital Perth on the Great Eastern Highway.It was founded in 1888 after gold prospectors Richard Greaves and Ted Paine during their October 1887 expedition successfully found gold, [2] [3] and gazetted in 1890. [4]
The Prospector service, which runs each way between East Perth and Kalgoorlie once or twice each day, stops at Southern Cross. [5]The Indian Pacific also passes here, running once or twice a week (depending on the time of year) each way between East Perth and Sydney Central, but does not stop at the station.
The Southern Cross Southwards Railway, also referred to as the South Yilgarn railway, was an authorised but never constructed railway line in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The railway line was to head south from Southern Cross , where it connected to the Eastern Goldfields Railway .
The Southern Cross-Bullfinch Railway Act 1910, an act by the Parliament of Western Australia assented to on 21 December 1909, authorised the construction of the eastern end of the railway line from Southern Cross to Bullfinch, [6] with the contract awarded to the Western Australian Public Works Department on 10 December 1910.
Northam to Southern Cross: 175 miles 14 chains (281.9 km) (opened 1 July 1894). [12] Southern Cross to Boorabbin: 60 miles 55 chains (97.7 km) (opened 1 July 1896) Boorabbin to Kalgoorlie: 78 miles 14 chains (125.8 km) (opened 1 January 1897). [13] The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline was later constructed along the railway line.
Perth Stadium: Fremantle: West Coast Eagles: 1986: Perth Stadium: Perth: State Level. ... Southern Cross Football Club; East Kimberley Football Association
Near Southern Cross in 1887, found by the party of Harry Francis Anstey. The "Yilgarn gold rush". [5] [6] Cue in 1891, found by Michael Fitzgerald, Edward Heffernan and Tom Cue. The "Murchison gold rush". [7] Coolgardie in 1892, by Arthur Bailey and William Ford. Kalgoorlie in 1893, by Patrick "Paddy" Hannan, Tom Flanagan and Dan Shea.
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a personal ordinariate of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church primarily within the territory of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. It is organized to serve groups of Anglicans who desire full communion with the Catholic Church in Australia and Asia. [5]