Laverton, Australia, Australia
Year 1974 latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 1,200 Target population Town website Town related links http://www.gedc.wa.gov.au/overview.html Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Gold was discovered in 1896 near to the present-day town of Laverton, and a small settlement established. It declined when surface gold gave out, but revived and grew in the 1970s following the discovery of nickel at the nearby Windarra. source:
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