In 1891, the Murchison Goldfield was proclaimed. Tom Cue worked at the Nannine headquarters as a mining warden. Along with experienced prospectors Mick Fitzgerald and Ned Hefferman, Cue set out to explore the quartz deposits in the Coolgardie region. 

While Cue was in Geraldton registering the small amounts of gold they had found, Fitzgerald and Hefferman were guided to a gold-bearing quartz reef by an aboriginal man named Governor. The find was called "The Patch" and later became known as "Cue's Patch" when Cue reported the find to headquarters. The town of Cue grew on the spot of this find, and was proclaimed a municipality in 1894 along with the nearby town of Day Dawn. 

Former Murchison explorer and premier, John Forrest, was committed to the development of the region and five years after the discovery of gold, Cue was connected to Geraldton by telegraph and railway. The building of impressive, stone government offices and a hospital at Cue made it the major town of the Murchison region.

• Click here for Cue Street Map.
• Click here for Distance Chart.

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