Purnamoota is a rural locality, cattle station (Purnamoota Station), and ghost town of the Unincorporated Far West and a civil parish of Yancowinna County, and is located about 23 km (14 mi) north of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
[4][5] The area was opened to European settlement due to the discovery of minerals in the 19th century.
Purnamoota's population peaked at 400, though only the church building and assembly hall remain of the town.
It was the centre for the families of prospectors who moved into the Appollyon Valley in 1884 when the Lubra, Victory, Terrible Dick (which built a small smelter), Purnamoota, White Princess, Bird in Hand, War Dance and other claims were opened up.
Approximately 400 people lived at Purnamoota, which contained two stores (Walter Sully and E. Sims), two hotels (Purnamoota and the Commercial), a school (provisional school), the Commercial Bank of Sydney, and a Post-Telegraph office.