Cossack is a fascinating ghost town in the Pilbara Located 12 km from Roebourne and 1480 km north of Perth, at the mouth of the Harding River.

Originally Cossack was named Tien Tsin after the barque which had brought Walter Padbury, the first settler to the reigon.

In 1871 the name was changed to Cossack in honour of the ship which carried the Western Australian Governor, Sir Frederick Weld, to the area. Cossack's life as a town was relatively short-lived. By the turn of the century the pearling fleet had moved north to ... (more)