Shire of Coolgardie Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 3,478 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1921 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 30,400 km2 (11,737.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Shire President | Malcolm Cullen | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Coolgardie | ||||||||||||||
Region | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
Website | Shire of Coolgardie | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Coolgardie is a local government area in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of 30,400 square kilometres (11,738 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Coolgardie, although the twin towns of Kambalda East and Kambalda West contain two-thirds of the Shire's population.