Mount Morgans, known as Mount Morgan until 1899, is an abandoned town in Western Australia 900 kilometres (559 mi) northeast of Perth and 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Laverton on the original Malcolm-Laverton Road, in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The first Europeans to visit the area were the party of government surveyor John Forrest which passed through in 1869 while on an expedition in search of the lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.
[1] The first gold was discovered in the Mount Morgan area in 1894, with a reward claim granted to prospectors Harry Swincer and Norman Sligo in December of that year.
[2][3] Gold was discovered near the future townsite in 1896 by prospectors Harry Lilley and Samuel McInness.
The town boasted six hotels, a hospital, a miners' union hall, two general stores and two chemists, as well as a timber Church (St Mathias C of E).