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Kalgoorlie: WA: The Gold Capital

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is 595 kilometres east of Perth, in Western Australia, in the Goldfields-Esperance region. 

Commonly, the name "Kalgoorlie" is simply used to refer to the twin-boom towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder. Boulder developed primarily as a service and residential area for the gold mines.
 

The Wangkatja people

The Western Desert Aboriginal people, sometimes called the Wangkatja people, have lived around the the Laverton-Kalgoorlie region for thousands of years. 

This group of people had no written language, but oral tradition included stories about Australia's megafauna, the rising sea levels and the loss of land as a result of the sea level rise at the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age.

Due to similarities between dialects and their kinship systems, the Western Desert people have been defined as a cultural bloc. They were hunter-gatherers who hunted, fished and collected wild fruits and vegetables. They did not raise animals for food or cultivate crops. Mobility was an important survival strategy.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that hunter-gatherers led happy lives and that they had few needs that were simply met, with plenty of time for socialising and relaxation. The available technology was generally unchanging, but adequate (Sahlins). 

Studies show that hunter-gatherers probably only worked about fifteen to twenty hours a week in order to survive, and the rest of the time was devoted to leisure (Sahlins). Criticism has found such views overly romantic, pointing out that hunter-gatherer people experienced extremely high infant mortality, frequent disease, and perennial warfare.

Western Desert people appeared to occupy discrete areas of land, and had a general fear of the sorcery of strangers. In the early days of the gold rush, Aboriginal Department Inspector Bailey recorded that "the tribal customs of Aboriginals forbid their entering the confines of other tribes, any departure from such customs usually result in combat, often death".
 
The availability of water was a major issue for the Wangkatja people. In 1864, explorer Charles Hunt was just south of Kalgoorlie when he met a group of Aboriginal people who had come from dry country to the east, headed for the granite country to wait out the hot weather. 

Hunt returning in the following year and in 1866, was told that Aboriginal people would often travel westward during the summer dry periods.

European settlement made traditional methods of obtaining food difficult for the Wangkatja people, making game scarce and murrin murrin seeds less available.
Aboriginal people, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 23 November 1909
Aboriginal Australian - Western Australia, traditional dress, 1901
Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918), Friday 20 November 1896
Aboriginal rock design (painted hand marks), Mulka's Cave (Western Australia)

1863: Explorations

Henry Lefroy led an expedition in 1863 through the region where Coolgardie is today, just over 37km from Kalgoorlie.

Between 1864 and 1866, explorer and surveyor Charles Cooke Hunt found and mapped water sources in the area that would later become the goldfields. Later, the telegraph line to Kalgoorlie and the first stage of the transcontinental railway line would follow Hunt's track.

In March 1869, Sir John Forrest led an expedition from Perth in search of clues to the fate of Leichhardt. The party made it almost as far as the later site of Laverton, surveying the route using the most up-to-date methods of stellar observation.

1890s: The Gold Rush

An Irish born trio, Patrick (Paddy) Hannan, Tom Flanagan, and Dan Shea, helped spark the gold rush and the development of the boom town of Kalgoorlie, when they discovered alluvial gold whilst travelling through the area in 1893.

Hannan then filed a Reward Claim on 17 June 1893, and soon, hundreds of hopeful prospectors were rushing to the place called "Hannan's Find". 
Photo of Paddy Hannan in the 1920s
Hannan's Find is later renamed Kalgoorlie.
Hannan's Warden's Tent in 1894, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954),
Southern Times (Bunbury, WA : 1888 - 1916), Thursday 22 February 1894
CROESUS CONSOLS CAMP, KALGOORLIE, IN 1895. Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Thursday 4 June 1896
The gold at Hannan's Find was soon extinguished, and many hopeful diggers left in disappointment. However, a prospector named Sam Pearce and his partner, William George Brookman, found the real gold wealth several kilometres south of Hannan's Find. 

Initially, the area was dubbed "Brookman's sheep farm", but before long, the area revealed itself as being one of the richest gold lodes ever found and the name, "Golden Mile", began to be used.

Extreme Hardship

The early miners of the Eastern Goldfields experienced extreme hardships. Not only was the heat of the area hard to bear, but the low rainfall meant there was little available drinking water. 

The bore water was brackish and polluted and extremely expensive. Many prospectors also died of thirst when they journeyed out looking for gold, as they ran out of water and none could be found.
Hannan's Western Australian Miner's Right, 1893
Prospector's camp, Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Thursday 10 September 1896
Camp life at Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Australian Goldfields Courier (Coolgardie, WA : 1894 - 1898), Saturday 26 June 1897

Some Notable People

William Brookman was in partnership with Sam Pearce when he heard about Paddy Hannan's discovery of gold at what would become Kalgoorlie. 

The pair walked 300 miles (483 km) from York to Kalgoorlie, arriving on 28 June 1893. However, they moved their camp some distance from Hannan's main camp and became founders of Great Boulder in 1893.

Brookman went bankrupt, but later, he became the director of over 30 mining companies and was said to be a millionaire. He adopted a lavish lifestyle, living in a mansion, buying land, purchasing a country estate, a seaside cottage, a private yacht and a motor car, and employing liveried servants. In 1900, Brookman was elected Mayor of Perth. 

Later, Brookman experienced financial difficulties and had to sell assets to meet his debts. And his wife left him.
William Gordon Brookman (1859 –1910) 
Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie, is located parallel to Hannan Street to the north.

Richard Egan, also called "Diamond Dick", owned the Croesus Mine Lease, which he took up in 1893, covering 9 acres. 

Egan creamed off the shallow gold and then sold the mine to an Adelaide Syndicate. Egan took off to the eastern states, but he was a big-spender  soon lost all his money. 

Egan returned to prospecting in Western Australia and died young in 1900, aged 36. He is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery.

Egan Street, which runs parallel to Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie, is named after Richard Egan.

The Grand in Kalgoorlie was the first permanent hotel on Hannan St built in 1895, by W. J. Reynolds.
Croesus Mine Lease, Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916)
Kalgoorlie/Boulder got electric street lights in 1898. Before that, street lights were fuelled by gas.

Typhoid

During the 1890s, typhoid fever in the Goldfields reached epidemic proportions. It is not surprising that this infectious disease contaminated the water in the crowded mining camp of 10,000 people and camels, with no rubbish removal or sewerage system available. 

Many got sick and died, and there were no hospitals or doctors.
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904), Wednesday 10 March 1897

A Town

In 1894, the place known as "Hannan's Find" was declared a town, and named Kalgoorlie. The name is said to be derived from the Aboriginal Wangai word "Karlkurla", meaning "place of the silky pears".

With the opening of the railway to Perth in 1896, the timber shacks of Kalgoorlie began to be replaced by splendid new buildings. There were more than 40 hotels, clubs, theatres, and even swimming pools, even though water was still in short supply.
Hannans Club at Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie, WA, built 1897. Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Friday 16 December 1898

The Water Problem

In 1895, Engineer-in-Chief Charles Yelverton O’Connor came up with an innovative solution for supplying water to the growing population on the goldfields by building a pipeline from the water reservoir near Perth to Kalgoorlie, a distance of 563 kilometres. 

However, malicious criticism and harassment were directed at O'Connor, and he took his own life.

Sir John Forrest said at the opening of the Scheme at Mundaring, 22 January 1903:

"Not only had they obtained the victory over the opponents of the scheme, but they had won a greater fight and a greater battle – they had conquered the great forces of Nature".

The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme was a great engineering feat, with the Helena River dammed and the water piped over 550 kilometres (340 mi) to Kalgoorlie. 

In 1896, the railway arrived and connected Kalgoorlie and Boulder to Perth.
 A train load of Mephan Ferguson's patent locking bar steel pipes made for the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, W.A.
 Aboriginal people from the Mount Margaret district in the 1890s, and Dr CJ Laver, Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Saturday 22 December 1934
Prospecting party, Kalgoorlie, WA, 1894. Out of Copyright
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Wednesday 17 May 1950
 THE OPENING OF THE KALGOORLIE RAILWAY, WA, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 10 October 1896
A group of Kalgoorlie footballers, Coolgardie Pioneer (WA : 1895 - 1901), Saturday 19 June 1897
The Palace Hotel was built in 1897.
The Palace Hotel, was built in 1897, Kalgoorlie, Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Saturday 29 October 1898
 The Perseverance Mine, Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Australian Goldfields Courier (Coolgardie, WA : 1894 - 1898), Saturday 16 January 1897
In 1897, the first telephone service on the goldfields was installed that linked the Grand Hotel with the stables.
 Stock Exchange, Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Australian Goldfields Courier (Coolgardie, WA : 1894 - 1898), Saturday 3 July 1897
 Kalgoorlie Police Force and "native tracker", Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Thursday 7 October 1897
KALGOORLIE FIRE BRIGADE, WA. Western Australian Goldfields Courier (Coolgardie, WA : 1894 - 1898), Saturday 30 January 1897
The Australian XI captained by George Giffen at Kalgoorlie, 26 April 1897, SLWA
A KALGOORLIE SCENE. ARRIVAL OF THE EASTERN MAIL, WA. Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Friday 22 July 1898
The Palace Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Thursday 6 October 1898
Kalgoorlie, WA, Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Saturday 10 September 1898
Mining plant on Brookman Bro.'s Boulder, Lt,d, Boulder, WA. Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 9 December 1899
The Aboriginal dinner, Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Friday 13 January 1899
Kalgoorlie miners, Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Saturday 2 December 1899
View of the Associated Sulphite Mine, Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Friday 26 May 1899

1900s

In the early 1900s Kalgoorlie had a population of over 30,000, including the town of Boulder. 
Employees of the Trafalgar Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie, ca. 1900. L-R. Back Row: Rush Day, Devepserff?, Mannisberg, Unknown, Andersen, Deusch, Challenger, Nelson, Warrell. Centre: Bobbie Hill, McMurrow, T. Grey, D. O'Grady, F. Long, ? Long, Noble, Nel
A MINERS CAMP AT BOULDER, W.A. - very early 1900s
A Miner's camp at Kalgoorlie-Boulder, early 1900s. Aussie Mobs
Kalgoorlie as seen from the post office, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 22 December 1900
Camel Team carting Sandalwood, Kalgoorlie - circa 1900, Kaye
State School in Kalgoorlie, W.A. - early 1900s, Kaye
Typical camps on mining leases, Kalgoorlie, W.A. - very early 1900s, Kaye
Lake View and Star Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, W.A. - early 1900s, Kaye
York and Orient Hotels, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, circa 1900
View of Kalgoorlie, near Mt. Charlotte - circa 1900
View of Kalgoorlie, WA,near Mt. Charlotte - circa 1900. Kaye
Piesse St, Boulder, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 25 December 1900
Railway Station, Boulder City, Western Australia - very early 1900s, Kaye
Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 25 December 1900
In 1901 the population of Kalgoorlie was 4,793.
Crowd watching a parade in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, WA, circa 1901
Attaching the tram lines to the poles using a horse drawn wooden scaffold, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 19 April 1902, National Library of Australia
1. Electric light plant, Boulder, WA.  2. Courthouse, Boulder, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 25 December 1902
The Kalgoorlie tramway operated at Kalgoorlie from 1902 until 1952.
Congregational church, Kalgoorlei, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 2 December 1902
Circular Church. In June, 1902, plans were formed for the planting of a new church between
the Boulder Block and Golden Gate, Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 2 December 1902
Boulder City Brewery, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 19 December 1903
Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 19 December 1903
Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 24 March 1903
 The reticulated water, which was subsidised by the State government, allowed the establishment of market gardens at Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 22 August 1903
OPENING OF ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, KALGOORLIE, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 1 December 1903
Boulder, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Sunday 25 December 1904
KALGOORLIE, LOOKING EAST FROM THE POST OFFICE TOWER. WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Sunday 25 December 1904
LADIES' CRICKET MATCH, OPERA COMPANY v. KALGOORLIE, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 8 August 1905
Kalgoorlie Ladies Cricket Team, 1907
Boulder, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 29 December 1906
1. Bookmakers Lawn 2. Inside the Birdcage, Boulder Summer Meeting. WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 24 March 1908
Aboriginal Christmas gathering, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 14 January 1908
Tornado in Kalgoorlie, WA, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 10 March 1908
The new Anglican Church, Kalgoorlie, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Saturday 1 May 1909
Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, W.A. - 1909
Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, W.A. - 1909. Kaye 
Boulder City Brass Band, Boulder, Western Australia, 1910. Individuals Identified: Glass, P.; Goltz, B.; Harris, J. (Secretary); Scott, Balfour Esq (President); McMahon, Hugh; Pereras, J. Esq (Vice President); Trenberth, Hallmon (Harry); Trenberth, (First Name Unknown). Museums Victoria
Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Wednesday 16 February 1910
Aboriginal people, Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 12 September 1911
Camels packing timber during construction of the Trans-Australian Railway - 1912 to 1917, Kaye
The Trans-Australian Railway opened in 1917 and goes across the Nullarbor Plain from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

WWI

 PTE. H. H. HEMINGWAY. 11th Battalion. Died of wounds. Fourth son of Mr. A. Hemingway,
loco, foreman. Kalgoorlie.Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 19 September 1915
 PTE. ALAN JOHNSON, Killed in action; Kalgoorlie. Born in Coolgardie, WA, Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 26 August 1917

1920s

Railway Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 1921
Railway Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 1921. Kaye
Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1898 - 1929), Sunday 20 November 1921
Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 2 December 1923
During a visit to Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia, the Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce) opened the Health Laboratory recently established in that town. Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Saturday 28 March 1925

Murder

Gold Stealing Detection Unit officers John Walsh and Alexander Pitman were found dead in a mine shaft in April 1926. They were killed and thrown down the mine shaft by gold thieves William Coulter and Phillip Treffene. 
Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), Saturday 12 June 1926
 Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954), Sunday 19 September 1926
Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, WA, 1928
Kalgoorlie Railway Station, Western Australia, 1928, Donna Barber
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1929, Donna Barber

1930s

Aborigines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 1930
Aboriginal people, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 1930. Kaye
Hannan Street in September 1930: The Exchange Hotel is at the centre, with the Palace Hotel on the right. Kaye
Boulder City, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - 1930, Kaye

The Golden Eagle Nugget 

The Golden Eagle Nugget is believed to be one of the largest nuggets ever found in the entire world. It was found by the 16 year-old son of Jim Larcombe near the abandoned town of Widgimooltha in the Kalgoorlie gold mining region.
WHEN THE PREMIER AND HIS PARTY RETURNED from the East the 'Golden Eagle' nngget was waiting for them at Kalgoorlie. The top picture shows the Premier with his hand lovingly resting on the big piece ot gold, while Mr. Claude deBernales is standing hi the background. The bottom picture was taken in the Commonwealth Bank and among those grouped around the nugget are Sir James Mitchell, Mr. Scaddan,Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), Saturday 24 January 1931

Kalgoorlie Riots

After a fight between an Italian barman and Australian, Edward Jordan, which results in Jordan's death, anti-migrant riots break out 29 January 1934. 
RUINED EXTERIOR of the Cornwall Hotel, Boulder City. — The interior was gutted by fires started by the rioters in their racial outbreak against Kalgoorlie gold fields foreigners, following an altercation which resulted in the death of a British fireman, Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Friday 2 February 1934
Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wednesday 7 February 1934
 News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Wednesday 7 February 1934
 Miners' dugouts, Kalgoorlie, WA,West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wednesday 2 May 1934

Memorial Tree

Paddy Hannan's granddaughter plants tree, Kalgoorlie  WA, Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956), Saturday 2 November 1935

Claude Albo de Bernales 

Claude Albo de Bernales (1876-1963) migrated to the Western Australian goldfields in 1897 from England. 

In 1909, he became managing director of the Kalgoorlie Foundry, a major supplier of mining plant. From 1911-13, he was a member of the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines and became a mining promoter. His methods and dealings were in many ways questionable, but his mining activities helped keep the State afloat.
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tuesday 17 November 1936
Coolgardie Miner (WA : 1935 - 1954), Thursday 27 January 1938
A Sunday morning crowd at the Kalgoorlie municipal swimming baths. In the background are the tanks into which water is pumped after use in the baths.is later used to water the adjoining municipal gardens. Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 8 March 1934

1940s and WWII

Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - circa 1940, Kaye
Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia - circa 1940, Kaye
Mrs Graffin and five sons who have all served with the A.I.F. One of the sons was killed in action at Crete, Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 13 September 1942
Wounded Aboriginal man: Pte J. Graham of Kalgoorlie was wounded both at Lae and in the Middle East. Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 23 October 1943
Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 24 September 1944
 Kalgoorlie Cup, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 1 September 1949

1950s

Burt St, Boulder, WA, Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 14 September 1950
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 13 August 1953
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Saturday 27 February 1954

1970s

Cornwall Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA, 1977, Ron Wilson
Kalgoorlie, WA, 1979, Nick
Kalgoorlie, WA, 1979, DON PUGH
Kalgoorlie, WA, 1979, DON PUGH

1980s

Bicentennial train: Locomotive 3801 departing from Kalgoorlie station, May 1988. NEGa009, yaruman5
The Flying Scotsman, 4472, at Kalgoorlie Station, May 1988, part of the Bicentennial Train Journey across Australia. yaruman5
Kalgoorlie was amalgamated with the Shire of Boulder to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on 15 April 1989. Open-cut mining also commenced at this time.

1990s

Kalgoorlie, WA, 1990s, Verfain


Around Kalgoorlie

Located in Hay Street Kalgoorlie, WA, is one of the world's oldest working brothels. Questa Casa has been in known operation for 114 years and is possibly the worlds oldest working brothel. Also known as "THE PINK HOUSE", Questa Casa is the only remaining brothel from Kalgoorlie's gold rush era. Visiting the Madam for a tour is possible by booking at the visitor centre
Kalgoorlie Roads Board Chambers, WA, 1901
Inside Kalgoorlie Town Hall, WA, circa 1908
Kalgoorlie Town Hall Theatre, WA

Sidney Edwin Hocking (1859–1935) founded The Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in 1895.
The former Duke of Cornwall Hotel WA, 52 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, circa 1900
Court House, Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, WA, circa 1895
View of McKenzie's Buildings, cnr Hannan and Maritana Streets, Kalgoorlie, WA. circa 1904
Federation Free Classical Style, former Court Hotel, WA. built from 1900
Federation Anglo-Dutch style, York Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA, built 1900-01
Kalgoorlie City Markets, WA, opened on April 3, 1901
Hannan Street side of Palace Hotel in Kalgoorlie, circa 1897
The former Kalgoorlie Mechanics' Institute, WA, was built in 1902
Palace Chambers, in Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie, was built in 1900
The Kalgoorlie Town Hall is located on the corner of Hannan and Wilson Streets, Kalgoorlie, WA. circa 1908
Kalgoorlie Palace Chamber, built in Federation Free Classical style, WA, circa 1900
Cohn's Buildings & Tattersall's Hotel, built in the Federation Filigree style, circa 1890 - 1915, Kalgoorlie, WA
Laslett Buildings, Kalgoorlie, WA. circa 1906-1907
View of the prospectors camp at the Hannans North Tourist Mine, in Kalgoorlie, WA
Two-up school. Kalgoorlie, WA. Back in the 1950s the government made the gambling game of Two-up illegal. Two-up was legalised in Kalgoorlie in 1983
View of the prospectors camp at the Hannans North Tourist Mine, in Kalgoorlie WA
View of Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, WA
Northern end of east side Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie WA
The Lord Forrest Olympic Pool (1938), Kalgoorlie, WA
Palace Theatre, Boulder. Built in 1937, Kalgoorlie,WA
The Golden Mile and Murchison Timber Supply Company, At the Western Australian Museum, WA
Statue of Paddy Hannan in Kalgoorlie, WA
Metropole Hotel. Kalgoorlie - 1 Burt St Boulder, WA. opened in 1897 The hotel is famous for its mineshaft under the floor of the main bar, which was only discovered in 2002.
Boulder Municipal Power Station, WA, constructed from 1939. Inter-War Art Deco style.
York Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA. The hotel was built by John Crothers in 1900-1901 for landlord and proprietor, Henry Edward Laslett. It was designed as a two-storey building in the Federation Anglo-Dutch style by architect Daniel T Edmunds
Recreation Hotel, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WA, designed in the Federation Free Classical style, c. 1890 - c. 1915
The Palace Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA, built in 1897
 Burt Street, Boulder, WA



Things To Do and Places To Go


The Kalgoorlie Boulder Audio Walking Tour 

The Museum of the Goldfields 

Goldfields War Museum 

Hannans North Tourist Mine