| Kalgoorlie–Boulder Western Australia | |||||||||
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 Kalgoorlie Court House and Post Office | |||||||||
  Kalgoorlie–Boulder | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°44′56″S 121°27′57″E / 30.74889°S 121.46583°E | ||||||||
| Population | 29,068 (2021 census – UCL)[1] | ||||||||
| • Density | 387.06/km2 (1,002.5/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Established | 1893 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 383 m (1,257 ft) | ||||||||
| Area | 75.1 km2 (29.0 sq mi)[2] (2011 urban) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AWST (UTC+8) | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located 595 km (370 mi) east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes 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 Wangkatja group of peoples. The name "Kalgoorlie" is derived from the Wangai word Karlkurla or Kulgooluh, meaning "place of the silky pears".[3] 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.
During August 2021, Kalgoorlie–Boulder had an estimated urban population of 29,068,[4] a slight decline from the recent peak of 32,966 in 2013.[5]
- ^ "2021 Kalgoorlie – Boulder, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
- ^ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Kalgoorlie – Boulder". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Eastern Goldfields Historical Society, Kalgoorlie http://www.kalgoorliehistory.org.au/kalgoorlie.html Retrieved 4 July 2016
- ^ "2021 Kalgoorlie – Boulder, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.