About this place
What to expect
The Marble Bar Heritage Trail outlines the lovely walking trail around the town's historic buildings and locations, featuring 18 points of interest. Marble Bar dates back to 1881 when pioneering settler, Nathaniel William Cooke, established Mallina Station, almost 105km (65 miles) from Roebourne. Keen to take up more good pastoral country, Nathaniel and Edmund Keenan travelled from Mallina to Coongan River and it was during this expedition that Nathaniel discovered the jasper bar that crossed the Coongan. Believing the bar to be marble, he named the place Marble Bar. Formally founded in 1893 during the Gold Rush, Marble Bar is renowned as Australia’s hottest town. The Marble Bar Heritage Trail can be viewed on foot, or driven.