Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the <a href="/facts/Goldfields%25E2%2580%2593Esperance/Y2MtYccd">Goldfields–Esperance</a> region of <a href="/facts/Western_Australia/1ouCbwNh">Western Australia</a>, located 595 km (370 mi) east-northeast of <a href="/facts/Perth/63YUr99S">Perth</a> at the end of the <a href="/facts/Great_Eastern_Highway/aa3PuLpc">Great Eastern Highway</a>. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surrounding urban area includes the historic townsite of <a href="/facts/Boulder%2c_Western_Australia/ouBNgjRC">Boulder</a> and the <a href="/facts/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia/tS2PgoeK">local government area</a> is the <a href="/facts/City_of_Kalgoorlie%25E2%2580%2593Boulder/KRPk0CYA">City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder</a>.
Kalgoorlie–Boulder lies on the traditional lands of the <a href="/facts/Wangkatha/qtcM5BNh">Wangkatja</a> group of peoples. The name "Kalgoorlie" is derived from the <a href="/facts/Wangai/qtcM5BNh">Wangai</a> word Karlkurla or Kulgooluh, meaning "place of the <a href="/facts/Marsdenia_australis/sybmzshb">silky pears</a>". The city was established in 1893 during the <a href="/facts/Western_Australian_gold_rushes/SAbVoPUD">Western Australian gold rushes</a>. It soon replaced <a href="/facts/Coolgardie%2c_Western_Australia/35M9SfxY">Coolgardie</a> as the largest settlement on the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Goldfields/6P3upAdm">Eastern Goldfields</a>. Kalgoorlie is the ultimate destination of the <a href="/facts/Goldfields_Water_Supply_Scheme/uTkfj1oj">Goldfields Water Supply Scheme</a> and the <a href="/facts/Golden_Pipeline_Heritage_Trail/BnXQehvz">Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail</a>. The nearby <a href="/facts/Super_Pit_gold_mine/fpfK3S3T">Super Pit gold mine</a> was Australia's largest <a href="/facts/Open-cut/TVrtluPN">open-cut</a> gold mine for many years.
During August 2021, Kalgoorlie–Boulder had an estimated urban population of 29,072, a slight decline from the recent peak of 32,966 in 2013.

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