Thomas Flanagan (prospector)

The Centenerary Plaque of 1993, on the wall of the Town Hall in Kalgoorlie
Thomas Flanagan
Born1 January 1832
Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Died16 November 1899 (aged 67 years 10 months)
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Thomas Flanagan (1 January 1832 – 16 November 1899) was a gold prospector who in 1893, together with fellow Irishmen Paddy Hannan and Dan Shea, found the first gold in what became the richest goldfield in Australia, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.


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