Higginsville is the name of an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance Region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Higginsville had a population of 64.

The town was gazetted in 1907 and is believed to have been named after the prospector Patrick Justice Higgins.

The town, now abandoned, is located on the Esperance Branch Railway

Esperance Branch Railway

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, west of Lake Cowan. The currently active Higginsville Gold Mine

Higginsville Gold Mine

The Higginsville Gold Mine is a gold mine located near Higginsville, 45 km north of Norseman, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Avoca Resources Limited. Avoca has made headlines in 2009 when it became engaged in a bitter dispute with Ramelius Resources over conflicting takeover bids...

is located nearby.