Mount Magnet is a suburb of South East &
Central, Western Australia and is about 473 kms
north-northeast of WA's capital city of Perth. In
the 2011 Australian census the population of
Mount Magnet was 532 when there were 259
Females and 273 Males living there
Mount Magnet is situated four and a half hours'
drive east of Geraldton, on the Great Northern
Highway,
Mount Magnet is one of the Mid West region’s
original gold mining towns, and the longest
surviving gold mining settlement in Western
Australia.
Mount Magnet never had a public battery (a
type of mill machine that crushes material). The
nearest battery was built 5 km west in
Boogardie. The actual battery can now be seen
at the Mount Magnet Mining and Pastoral
Museum. However, evidence of Mount
Magnet's
gold-rush heyday can be seen in its very wide
main street with three hotels and historic
buildings. During the wildflower season (August
to November) the Gascoyne-Murchison area
attracts tourists viewing the abundant natural
display of wildflowers.