Kalgoorlie
Sign in to saveKalgoorlie ( ), 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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Place details
- Locality
- Kalgoorlie
- Region
- Western Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 29,072
- Timezone
- Australia/Perth
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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
Key dates
- Inception
- 1893
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Western Australia
- Population
- +30841
- Area
- +103.1
- Elevation
- +468
- Official website
- www.kalbould.wa.gov.au
- Image
- Kalgoorlie.jpg
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- Kalgoorlie
- Boulder
- History
- Population
- Geography
- Climate
- Industry and commerce
- Mining
- Sex work
- Culture
- Arts
- Sports
- Attractions
- Historic hotels
- Suburbs
- Transport
- Rail
- Buses
- Air
- Road
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- Primary schools
- High schools
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- References
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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.