Paynes Find, Western Australia
Paynes Find also called Paynes is a settlement approximately  northeast of Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is reachable by the Great Northern Highway. Originally founded after the discovery of a gold bearing quartz vein, a Roadhouse,  a battery, and a few other buildings remain today. Along side its fluctuating gold activity the area is known for its annual Everlasting bloom, and sheep stations. History

The townsite was gazetted in 1911, the same year the gold battery was constructed. The battery is the only currently operational battery left in the state. The town is named after the prospector, Thomas Payne, who was the first to discover gold in the area and was the first to register a lease for gold mining with the Mines Department. He was rewarded with free use of the state's gold battery and his ore was the first to be crushed using the battery. The ghost town of Paynesville is also named in his honour. Water supply was an ongoing issue for mining at Paynes both for drinking and for the operation of the battery. By the 1930s the town had prospered and the population was estimated at about 500. In 1987 the battery was sold to the Taylor family who use it as a tourist attraction. In popular culture 
The character "Dar Dar" in The Numtums was named after Dar Dar Spring near Paynes Find. References

External links

 Payne's Find at Tourism Western Australia

Mining towns in Western Australia
Towns in Western Australia
Shire of Yalgoo