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Kalgoorlie
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Kalgoorlie ( ), also known as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surrounding urban area includes the historic townsite of Boulder and the local government area is the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
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Kalgoorlie is a city in Western Australia, established in 1893. It has a population of 30,841 and covers an area of 103.1 square kilometers. The city is situated at an elevation of 468 meters above sea level and uses the Australia/Perth timezone. Its postal codes are 6430 and 6433.
The city is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Nearby, the locality of Piccadilly has a population of 2,323 and an elevation of 387 meters. Kalgoorlie is referenced by 1,366 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kalgoorlie
- Region
- Western Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 29,072
- Timezone
- Australia/Perth
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- city
- Australian place.name
- Kalgoorlie–Boulder
- Australian place.state
- wa
- Australian place.caption
- Kalgoorlie Court House and Post Office
- Australian place.pop
- 29,072
- Australian place.area
- 75.1
- Australian place.area_footnotes
- (2011 urban)
- Australian place.timezone
- AWST
- Australian place.utc
- +8
- Australian place.lga
- City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 25.2
- Australian place.mintemp
- 11.6
- Australian place.rainfall
- 265.6
- Australian place.elevation
- 383
- Australian place.est
- 1893
- Australian place.stategov
- Kalgoorlie
- Australian place.fedgov
- O'Connor
- Australian place.dist1
- 595
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|350px|right|Grand public architecture reflects the wealth drawn from the gold mining that the city is built on.
The largest open cut gold mine in Australia abuts the town, though you are unlikely to notice it except for the mountain of dirt along the mines edge or the reverberations of the daily blast.
Kalgoorlie makes an ideal base to explore the other towns in the region that have an equally rich history.
Get in
Kalgoorlie is about 600 km east of Perth, 397 km north of Esperance and 235 km south of Leonora. To the east is the endless desert.
Get around
Most of the town attractions are clustered within walking distance in the centre of town. If you don't have a car it would be worth hiring one to get out to the spots on the outskirts.
See
thumb|200px|right|The depth of the Super pit makes everything look small. You don't have to walk too far to see a plethora of historic buildings from different architectural eras. Some of the best examples line the length of Hannan St and adjoining streets. The businesses that occupy them now have preserved the original interiors in varying degrees, through design or neglect.
Do
Some say there is nothing to do except drink. You can easily prove them wrong without much effort.
Buy
Kalgoorlie is famous for its gold, and so gold jewellery, nuggets or coins make excellent souvenirs. The business area in and around Hannan Street has a multitude of big name retail outlets and a smattering of local specialist stores.
Eat
There are quite a few good restaurants in the main part of town. Many are attached to motels but there are some fine 'stand alone' ones also. The usual fast food chains are scattered along Boulder Rd.
Drink
There are around 25 operating pubs where you can have a 'middy' with the locals.
Sleep
There are a myriad of places to rest. If you're planning to stay at a motel it may pay to book ahead as they can be filled with fly-in mine workers.
Go next
Coolgardie – is 40 km away and has a couple of things to look at. Menzies – is almost a ghost town but has the spectacular Lake Ballard and its resident statues nearby. Leonora – has a mining museum with exhibits about Herbert Hoover.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Kalgoorlie ( ), also known as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surrounding urban area includes the historic townsite of Boulder and the local government area is the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
Kalgoorlie–Boulder lies on the traditional lands of the Kapurn People. The city was established in 1893 during the Western Australian gold rushes. It soon replaced Coolgardie as the largest settlement on the Eastern Goldfields. Kalgoorlie is the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. The nearby Super Pit gold mine was Australia's largest open-cut gold mine for many years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalgoorlie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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