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Davyhurst
Western Australia

Latitude 30 03 S Longitude 120 39 E

From Landagte - A goldfields townsite south west of Menzies, Davyhurst was gazetted in 1901. When it was proposed to declare a townsite here in 1900 the place was referred to as "Davyston", better known as "Mace's Find". Warden Owen of Menzies then advised the Department the place was known as "Davyhurst", and this was the name used when the townsite was gazetted. It is believed to be named after a miner.

The following information was supplied by Julia Flavel:

My Gt,Gt Uncle Walter (Wattie) Davys found gold in Davyton now Davyhurst. It is our understanding it was named after him. The Davy came from his name and the Hurst from Hurstone farm which was the name of the farm they left behind in England before going to NZ. He and a couple of friends found gold there. Waihi was named after a town in N.Z where he and friends mined for gold before travelling to W.A.  Walter was born in 1855 in Milverton, Somerset, England and died in Geraldton in 1944.

From the OFH Files:

Walter DAVYS founded the Waihi GM in Davyhust which he name afer a famout in in New Zealand. Davy arrived in the area from the Goldfields near Broad Arrow in 1899 with his mates Charles Mace, Patrick Glenny and Miller. They first started working on the Welcome GM but as this was not producing much Davy started prospecting leaving his mates to continue to work the Welcome. He was to fine the Waihi within two weeks and returned for his mates who then pegged two leases. Davy and Mace travelled to Menzies and applied for the lease on the 18^th November 1899.

About a mile from the mine a townsite was proclaimed and buildings were hastily erected. Three hotel licenses were granted along with several businesses.

Walter 'Wattie' Davys