Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie - Boulder is really two towns in the Australian Western Australia, which together have about 30,800 inhabitants. The village is located about 595 kilometers east of Perth in the region of Goldfields - Esperance. The name comes from the Kalgoorlie Aboriginal language, more specifically from the word Karlkurla (pronounced gall gall - la), which roughly means "place of the brilliant oranges". This refers to the fruits of Marsdenia australis.

History

Because of the great Australian gold rush and because Patrick Hannan found gold in 1893 at this point, Kalgoorlie 1895 was crushed as a gold mining town from the ground. Its importance as a gold mining town in 1896 further increased with the construction of the railway line to Perth. Kalgoorlie is located on the Golden Mile, one of the largest veins of gold in the world. A problem of the time was able Kalgoorlie middle of the outback, what the water procurement difficult. The engineer Charles O'Connor developed in 1898 a water transportation system of steel pipes and eight pumping stations, the Golden Pipeline is called. It transports water from the mountains since 1903 in Perth in a reservoir, the Mount Charlotte Reservoir.

The sister city of Boulder was also the time of the gold rush, first as a warehouse directly to the mines.

Attractions

Golden Mile

In the northeast of the city is the Golden Mile, one of the largest veins of gold in the world. Here there are still many historic buildings from the time of the Gold Rush and the Super Pit gold mine, which is still in operation today. For an hour takes the annotated trip with the Ratter the Golden Loopline Railway ( Golden spiral lines Railway ) as the miners call the rattling train, from Boulder City station. Takes you past many points of huge mining.

Hannan Street

Named after Paddy Hannan, who found the first gold here, the main street is now one of the tourist attractions of Kalgoorlie - Boulder. The majority of the houses on Hannan Street, the width of which is by the way due to the fact that here earlier can turn whole camel caravans had, dating back to the time of the turn of the century and still reflects the charm and splendor of the great gold rush resist. Well worth a visit including the historical city hall from 1908.

Hannan 's North Tourist Mine

The former gold mine would still operational, but is now used only as a tourist attraction. The mine, through which visitors will be driven with a small train, is just off the Golden Mile. The program includes such steps as casting a " gold ingot " ( it involves much cheaper copper), the representation of the extraction process of gold as well as the traditional gold washing.

Super Pit gold mine

The 5 km wide and 1.5 km long and 360 meters deep super pit gold mine, the largest gold mine in Australia and promotes open pit annually 850,000 ounces (28 tonnes) of gold. A good view of the mine has one from the Super Pit Lookout ( Boulder Block Road) and they can also be visited.

Museum of the Goldfields

The museum has extensive exhibits on the history of the city and search for gold. Also located in the museum today a pub, the British Arms. Supposedly it is the smallest bar of Western Australia.

Coolgardie

The town of Coolgardie 40 km west of Kalgoorlie was founded in 1892 as a result of gold discoveries. In its heyday, there were 15,000 people, today there are only 700 main source of income is now tourism. To visit the historic station from 1896, three museums and a convincing from the Gold Rush Cemetery offer.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Kevin Bloody Wilson, comedy singer and songwriter
• John Cornell, director, screenwriter and film producer
• Sarah Kent (* 1990), cyclist
• Barry Marshall, physicians and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
• Bob Marshall ( * 1910, † 2004 in Perth ), billiards champion, politician and businessman
• Sir Wallace Kyle, (* 1910, † 1988), former officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of Western Australia
• Terry Walsh, field hockey player and coach

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