Dundas

Distinguished and Famous people from Dundas

🌟 Laurie Sinclair

Prospector Laurie Sinclair is associated with the gold discovery that shifted attention north from the original Dundas settlement to Norseman. In 1894 he found a rich reef and registered it with a man named Allsop. The reef’s name became the name of the developing town. The shire’s historical account records the claim amid a series of gold discoveries across the district, placing Sinclair within a wider prospecting movement. His importance lies in the particular find that helped determine where the next settlement would grow.