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DUKETON WESTERN AUSTRALIA
27° 38' 30'' South , 122° 16' 49'' East

Duketon is named after brothers Jack and Charles Duke who with P. Hayes and J McDonald discovered gold here in 1897. A small town developed from around 1900, but only lasted a few years, as by the outbreak of WW1, much of the mining had ceased. The goldfield can be reached by turning onto the Erilstoun Road at the Lancefield mine, just north of Laverton. The road heads due north for 100 kilometres through the Erilstoun Goldfield.

Duketon is an abandoned town in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, located 110 kilometres north of Laverton. The town boomed during the early 1900s as a result of gold being discovered in the area. One of the larger mines in the area The Golden Spinifex built a five-head stamp mill in 1902-1903. A petition for the government to construct a state battery was presented to the minister for mines by the local MLA and signed by 58 leaseholders, prospectors and miners from Duketon. The battery was built in 1904 and operated near the town. By 1905 the town had a hotel, bakery and a bank along with a variety of other stores.

The Lauriston Mine, Duketon 1909 - Photo SLWA