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Kalgoorlie

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Kalgoorlie , town (1991 pop. 25,016), Western Australia, SW Australia. It is the chief mining town of the state and the center of the East Coolgardie Goldfield. Gold was found at nearby Coolgardie in 1892; nickel is also mined. The Western Australia School of Mines (1902) was transferred (1903) from Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie.

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Kalgoorlie

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia/Australia Hannan's Find Originally named after Paddy Hannan after he had discovered gold here in 1893. The town was then given a name derived from an Aboriginal word galgurli, a local shrub.

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Kalgoorlie

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Kalgoorlie a gold-mining town in Western Australia. Gold was discovered there in 1887, leading to a gold rush in the 1890s.

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