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Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Boom town, Australia, founded 1893.

About Kalgoorlie-Boulder

City in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Paddy Hannan applied for a reward claim here on 17 June 1893 (WA Government).1,2

Where next

Mines

Worked atCoolgardie goldfieldCoolgardie goldfield lies about 37 km away.1Worked atGolden Mile, Kalgoorlie-BoulderGolden Mile, Kalgoorlie-Boulder lies about 5 km away.1Worked atGreat Boulder mineGreat Boulder mine lies about 6 km away.1Worked atIvanhoe mine, KalgoorlieIvanhoe mine, Kalgoorlie lies about 5 km away.1Worked atKalgoorlieKalgoorlie lies about 3 km away.1Worked atLake View and Star mineLake View and Star mine lies about 5 km away.1

Events

HereGoldfields Water Supply Scheme opensThe pipeline lifted water 390 metres over the Darling Scarp to reach Mount Charlotte.3Led toHannan finds gold at KalgoorlieKalgoorlie-Boulder is part of this story: Hannan finds gold at Kalgoorlie.1

Places

Shipped through hereEsperanceThe Goldfields-Esperance region takes in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, where Hannan claimed in 1893.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q329503 (Kalgoorlie-Boulder)
  2. Reflections on Kalgoorlie history (media statement, 15 June 1993) Government of Western Australia
  3. Building a Pipeline (WA Goldfields) Western Australian Museum

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.