GOLDFIELDS HISTORY
Black Flag
The goldfields townsite of Black Flag, now abandoned, takes its name from the Black Flag gold find, discovered in 1893. The townsite was gazetted in 1897, but it is not known why the place was named Black Flag.
Black Flag Postal Directory 1900
| BLACK FLAG PROPRIETORY Co | BOUNSELL & Son (S.) stationers & Newsagents |
| BOUNSELL S. hairdresser | BROWN P. constable |
| CLARK W.J. mine manager | DAWES William, Club Hotel |
| DUNLOP J. manager condenser | GEORGE H. store assistant |
| GODFREY J. telegraph messenger | HEWITT E. store manager |
| HEWITT H.V. storekeeper | HEWITT Thomas H. Black Flag Hotel |
| HEWITT W.V. store assistant | HOWIE J. manager billiard saloon |
| HUNT W. mine manager | JONES Owen, Victoria Hotel |
| LEE Charles, baker | LLOYD T.E. postmaster |
| PENDER G.S. mine manager | PRICE A.H. manager W.A. Bank |
| REES M. mine manager | RODDA E. blacksmith |
| SCOTT H. butcher | SOLHILL F. Proprietary Hotel |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BANK (A.H. Price, manager) | |
Black Flag Cemetery Records
| Surname |
First Names |
Death Date |
Age |
Buried |
| NORTHEY | David | 13 Feb 1900 | 4days | Black Flag |
| NUNN | George Edmund Louis G | 13 Mar 1898 | 11w 2 d | Black Flag |
| TAGUCHI | Fuzio | 5 Jul 1897 | 38 | Black Flag |