GOLDFIELDS HISTORY
Ora Banda
The abandoned goldfields townsite of Ora Banda is situated 662 km east north east of Perth and 66 km north west of Kalgoorlie.
In 1909 the Ora Banda Progress Committee requested the Government make additional business lots available, but it was 1911 before a decision was made to declare a townsite there The survey of lots was made in 1911, and the townsite gazetted in 1912. Ora Banda had a population of 2000 in 1910.
The name possibly means band of gold, Ora being derived from auriferous.
Ora Banda Cemetery Records
| Surname | First Names | Death Date | Age | Buried |
| AHERN | Unnamed | 2 Jul 1914 | . | Ora Banda |
| BAILEY | William Murray | 7 Sep 1915 | 45 yrs | Ora Banda |
| GLEESON | Agnes | 8 Oct 1915 | 2days 11 hrs | Ora Banda |
| RICHARDS | Elizabeth Dunstan | 25 May 1913 | 38 yrs | Ora Banda |
| SMITH | John | 16 Jan 1914 | 37 yrs | Ora Banda |
| WIESSE | William | 31 Jul 1915 | 56 yrs | Ora Banda |
| WILLCOCKS | William | 6 Mar 1914 | 56 yrs | Ora Banda |