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Tourist Spot Attractions In Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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Kalgoorlie-Boulder, known colloquially as just Kalgoorlie, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located 595 km east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. The city was founded in 1989 by the amalgamation of the towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder, which developed in 1893 during the Coolgardie gold rush, on Western Australia's Golden Mile. It is also the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. At June 2015, Kalgoorlie-Boulder had an estimated urban population of 32,797.The name Kalgoorlie is derived from the Wangai word Karlkurla or Kulgooluh, meani...
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  • 1. The Superpit Kalgoorlie Boulder
    The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016 when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and over 600 meters deep. At these dimensions, it is large enough to be seen from space.The Super Pit is owned by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd, a company owned 50:50 by Barrick Gold Corporation and Newmont Mining Corporation. The mine produces 850,000 ounces of gold per year, and employs around 550 employees directly on site.
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  • 2. Broad Arrow Kalgoorlie Boulder
    Broad Arrow is a ghost town in Western Australia, located 38 km north of Kalgoorlie and 633 km east of Perth, Western Australia. It is on the Kalgoorlie to Leonora Road.
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  • 4. Kanowna Kalgoorlie Boulder
    Kanowna is a ghost town in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, about 20 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie. It is sited on Maduwongga tribal lands. At the 2016 census, Kanowna had a population of 10 people.After the discovery of gold in the area in 1893, the townsite was gazetted in 1894. and the population grew from 2,500 in 1897 to over 12,500 by 1899. However, the alluvial gold supply was rapidly exhausted and underground mines following the outcropping vein produced decreasing amounts of gold, resulting in a slow but steady decrease in the population. The railway station was closed during the Great Depression, and by 1953 the town had been abandoned. The railway station platform, two cemeteries and mine workings are all that is left of the original town of Kanowna. Signs erected by ...
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  • 5. Kalgoorlie Town Hall Kalgoorlie Boulder
    Kalgoorlie-Boulder, known colloquially as just Kalgoorlie, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located 595 km east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. The city was founded in 1989 by the amalgamation of the towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder, which developed in 1893 during the Coolgardie gold rush, on Western Australia's Golden Mile. It is also the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. At June 2015, Kalgoorlie-Boulder had an estimated urban population of 32,797.The name Kalgoorlie is derived from the Wangai word Karlkurla or Kulgooluh, meaning place of the silky pears.
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