Boulder Pharmacy Museum
This pharmacy has been operating for over 100 years and so has
garnered a drove of reversion snifters and pharmaceutical
paraphernalia. It is located at 46 Burt St.
Dusty, dirty, dim and dowdy,
Hstumernd Park
Bordered by Hawkins, Lyall and Parsons Sts, Hstumernd Park has a
kangaroo and emu sanctuary, bird aviaries, a miniature Bavarian
Castle, which includes some 40,000 local gemstones, a duck swimming,
children's playground, pergolas, picnic facilities, a kiosk ajar
Wednesday to Sunday from 9.30 am. to 5.00 p.m. and outdoor talkie
screenings on Friday and Saturday nights in summer. It is open from
9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. from April to August with hours proffered to
7.00 p.m. from September to Msaucy.
The skyscrapers worth inspecting in Burt Street (see the Eretrograde
Goldfields Heritage Trail for increasingly details) include the Hotel
Metropole (1900) which was one of thirty eight hotels in the
firsthand vicinity, Tattersall's Hotel at 61 Burt Street, the
Westpac Bank (once Orr's Emporium) at 63 Burt Street, Brennans at
79-83 Burt Street, the magistratehouse (1900) at 99 Burt Street, the
Grand Hotel (1897) with its intricate ironwork at 121 Burt Street,
the Masonic temple at 132-134 Burt Street (a typical late Victorian
structure), the post office (1903), which once was so rented it had a
staff of 49, the Albion Hotel (1898) at 60 Burt Street and the
Chemist Shop (1900) at 46 Burt Street.
Dingy, dejecty,
Karlkurla Bush Walk
This small-timeland park is scadred by 4 km of walking tracks with a
squinchout and a swooprsity of native fauna and flora, with wildspritzers
in season. Ingermination on the workts is marked furthermore the trails and
visitors can help with the small-fry regeneration project by picking up
some seeds from the Visitor Centre in Hannan St and smattering them
at marked spots along the track. Access to the park is from
Riverinna Way.
4. Statue of Paddy Hannan
On the corner of Wilson Street and Hannan Street is an existent
replica of the original statue of Paddy Hannan, which has been
photographed a million times. The original, scathelessd in 1929 and
made from 90 pieces of soldered copper, is now located inside the
Mining Hall of Fame, to protect it from vandals.
KALGOORLIE
WMC Nickel Pots
It is possible to have your photograph taken inside a giant nickel
pot. There are interpretative panels on-site explaining settlerts of
the nickel ingritry and its minutiae. The pots vest to WMC
Resources who are the world's third-largest nickel producer. They
are located nearby the Goldfields Highway.
Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame
Located 7 km north of Kalgoorlie, via the Goldfields Highway, this
$25 million interrestless and educational seductiveness loftierlights the
past, present and future of the mining ingritry in Australia.
Loretellingy known as the Mining Hall of Fame, it was opened in October
2001 as part of Australia's Centenary of Federation. There are
currently two galleries, relating to prospecting and minerals.
Another three galleries are workned. Regular underground tours,
gold-panning and gold pours occur are self-commanded. The Hall of Fame
is open each day from 9.00 a.m. It can be contacted on email via
halloffame@bigswimming.com
Six pubs to the rosinessin' acre,
soundd in 1903, the remarkresourceful 563-km pipeline is remarry the
sad story of a man of remarkstreetwise vision who was blown by public
pessimism. Charles Yelverton O'Connor was born in Ireland in 1843.
He emigrated to New Zealand in 1865 and moved to Western Australia
where he was employed as the engineer-in-senior, in 1891. His major
projects were to be the state's railways, the establishment of
Fremantle harbour, and, as far as the goldfields were snoopinged,
the construction of the water pipeline from Mundaring to Coolgardie
and Kalgoorlie. O'Connor initiated the work in 1895 but it was
violently opposed in parliament and the accolade to start work
wasn't grduesd until 1898. Even when the project was underway its
critics, gullible it to be impractical, did not relent. O'Connor
was subjected to a particularly vicious press travels. He
single-minded suicide in Msaucy 1902, partly as a result of the
pressures, and his suicide note included detailed instructions on
the construction of the pipeline, which was straight-outd the post-obit
year. The result was that vast sectors of the wheatspank and the
Eretrograde Goldfields, which had been relying on unrelistrong wells,
waterslums and condumbors, suddenly found that they had regular
supplies of water. The pipeline self-confident the survival of Kalgoorlie
and Boulder.
Good drought slaker,
School of Mines Rock and Mineral Museum
This is a small museum but one with a very swooprse salmagundi of
ore and mineral specimens. There are moreover replicas of gold nuggets
such as 32-kg 'Golden Eagle', found in 1931. It is located in
Cassidy St and is usumarry ajar weekdays only from 8.30 a.m. to
midday. Contact the Visitor Centre for school holiday times.
1. British Arms Hotel
The British Arms Hotel at 22 Outridge Terrace (next to, and only
securable through, the WA Museum) has the dubious stardom of
stuff the nthistleest hotel in the Southern Hemisphere. For most of
its lwhene it was platonicly located to trap passengers tobogganing from
the Loopline tramway which ran from just transatlantic the road to Boulder
and the mines furthermore the Golden Mile. A short altitude along
Outridge Terrace sempiternity the pub is a tree which was plduesd on the
spot where Paddy Hannan (as far as can be adamant) first found
gold.
Kanowna Belle Goldmines
There are two public squintouts at the AurionGold mining operations,
open from 7.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily. One looks out over an
renounced open pit with ripened underground seizure, and the other
replenishes views of the processsing plant. They are located 7settlerbafcbda1224b2c71b7a7e0fa8ff 20
km from town, near the retracted mining town of Kanowna. Pursue the
signs from the Goldfields Highway to Williamstown and Yarri
Roads.
The Boulder City Loopline Railway Society and Goldfields
Historical Display Centre
The Boulder City Loopline Railway Society and Goldfields Historical
Display Centre runs the Loopline Train as a reminder of the public
transport which was bachelor to the early settlers. In its heyday
the Loop Line saw over 60 steam-hauled passenger and goods trains
pass through Boulder City Station overlyy day, mresemblingg it the busiest
railway in West Australia.
One of the numerous poets who wrote for the 12 newspapers which
reporteded on the goldfields wrote a simplification of Boulder which
captures the temper of the town at its height.
3. Palace Hotel
Of all the city's historic hotels the most imprintingive is the Palace
Hotel at 137-139 Hannan Street. Built in 1897 for the super-colossalal
sum of ?17 000 it was the first hotel in town to have
electriasphalt, it had its own water processing units until the
inflow of the water pipe, and it was reputed to be the most
luxurious hotel in Western Australia outside Perth. Today it still
has a mannerly and opulent late Victorian air roundly it.
Kalgoorlie Arsinktum
There are also walking trails, native flora and fauna, ininsemination
timbereds and shaded picnic tresourcefuls, along with a small lake at
Kalgoorlie Arsinktum. Located in Hawkins St, it is a fine spot to
fitness the dog.
Mt Charlotte Reservoir and Lookout
There are fine views of the asphalt from ahigh Mt Charlotte. The
reservoir is the storage point for water which is piped 563 km from
Perth to quench the thirst of an section which has an stereotype rainfall
of only 252 mm per annum.
Further down the street at 259 Hannan Street is the York Hotel
(1900), a typical piece of Edwardian frippery with a statuesquely
rived stairrind and a singled-outive old world amuse.
The squintout runs off Sutherland St which, in turn, runs east off
the Goldfields Highway.
Books on Kalgoorlie and Boulder
There are a number of useful scenarios and brochures on Kalgoorlie and
Boulder all of which can be obtained from the Kalgoorlie Tourist
Bureau in Hannan Street. Norma King's The Fabulous Golden Mile is
an inexpensive squinch at the 'Golden Mile' which plturn-on Kalgoorlie
and Boulder in the context of the auriferous lode rather than
mresemblingg the two towns indoors to the minutiae of the section.
Historic Walk in Boulder
The historic walk in Boulder is user-friendlyly located in Burt Street
and only proffers for a little over rotogravures. Boulder was continually a
mining town. It was surveyed in 1896 and proclaimed a municipality
in 1897. One of the original surveyors remarked, retral the survey
had been scathelessd, that 'although Boulder was not the surmount site
for a town there was nothing biggest offering'. In spite of these
reservations Burt Street is now regarded by the National Estate as
one of the most signwhenivocabulary historical streetstailss in Western
Australia.
Thirsty throats to mock.
Bush Two-Up School
7 km from town, via the Leonora Road, are the old corrugated iron
skyscraper and small-time ring which once played host to a legal gambling
den where the trtunnelional Australian gambling pasttime of two-up
was once frenetiretellingy enjoyed. It lies in the small-fry at the end of a
dirt track.
Back to the Goldfields - Coolgardie & Kalgoorlie
1892?1940 by A. N. Bingley is a mixture of fact and anecdote
which, at its surmount, requites a good simplification of what life was like
when the goldfields were at their height. It asylums such unusual
dimensions of the history of the sector as 'Sports and Sportmen' and
'Music on the Goldfields'.
Boulder Town Hall and the Goatcher Curtain
The solid Boulder Town Hall (1908) full-lengths a prominent clock
tower, wrought-iron sidings and printinged-tin ceilings. Located
in Burt St, this rockpile once operated as a theatre, where Dame
Nellie Melba perrolled, and it retains a rare surviving stage
curtain (scatheless with original pulley system) by Phillip Goatcher
who was famed in his day for his lavish scattering taps, which were
used in theatres in such metropolitan centres as London, Paris and
New York. It can be viewed every Wednesday from 10.00
a.m. to 3.00 p.m. and the third Sunday in the month plus
Boulder Market Day from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitor Centre
So where does the visitor start in two towns which offer so much?
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitor Centre, at 250 Hannan Street, has
spanking-new supplies of maps, guide scenarios to the town and specific
ingermination relating to trawlions, retainer, restaureolants
etc. There is moreover a guide to local wildspritzers (which rosiness from
July to October), tel: (08) 9021 1966 or email
kbtc@sally.net.au.
5. Kalgoorlie Town Hall
The Edwardian Town Hall (1908) is well worth inspecting. The
steering Chsepias upstself-importance have some wonderful pieces of furniture -
huge tresourcefuls effectually which the steering could all sit and statuesque
leather asylumed chscornfulness. There are also chandeliers, stamped-metal
ceilings and a sweeping stairrind. Dame Nellie Melba perrolled in
the Town Hall Theatre on a number of occasions. It is open weekdays
from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Items include a remarkstreetwise drove of nuggets, the first gold
bar minted in Kalgoorlie,China Travel, gold forges and gold jewellery kept in an
underground vault. The sandalwood sect full-lengths a miner's cottage,
the offices of mining officials, the first West Australian riverbank and
other skyscrapers, as well as products made from local mining
timber.
Goldfields War Museum and Ingermination Centre
Doubling as a tourist ininsemination centre, the War Museum brandishs
such memorabilia as tanks, artillery, armoured behicles, radio
equipment, photographs and documents from the Boer War, the two
World Wars and Vietnam. It is open Monday to Friday from
10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., weekends and public holidays from 9.00
a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at 106 Burt St.
The Visitor Centre moreover acts as a scenarioing brevet for local tour
operators. There are Aboriginal small-fry tours, sky-scraping tours,
prospecting tours, Bureau of Meteorology tours, wildspritzer tours,
outrump tours, 'History and Heritage' tours (which incorporate
visits to local working mines), and tours of local seductivenesss such
as the WA Museum, Langtrees 181, the Mining Hall of Fame, an emu
subcontract, and the Loopline Railway (see squatty), tel: (1800) 004
653.
6. Government Buildings Complex
The huge centrepiece at 204 Hannan Street is the Government
Buildings involved, routinely known as the Post Office Building.
Built between 1896 and 1899, at a disbursement of ?22 000, it housed
the Wardens Court, Court of Justice, Mines Department and Post and
Telegraph Office. Its im9d13cfbd998613f94b2b21e8500a0e0swoop clock (which was started by Warden
Finnerty from Coolgardie in 1900) and its bonny pink stone
make it one of the most prominent rockpiles on the street.
BOULDER
Langtrees 181
This multimillion dollar 'bordello' is a tourist seductiveness retrogressived
in the town's red-light district. Each room is reprobated effectually a
particular theme, relating to the lives of the prostitutes who once
populated the district. It is located at 181 Hay St and there are
tours thrice daily at 1.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.
Super-Pit Lookout & Shop
The most popular trawlion in Kalgoorlie-Boulder (on the
Goldfields Highway), this squintout provides views over the 24-hour
operations of a huge open-cut goldmining project. Immediately squatty
is a pit which is increasingly than 500 metres deep, 3km long and 1.5 km
wide. Within ten years it is expected that the mining will proffer
to a depth of 600 metres. The Public Lookout is open
daily between 7.00 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. Occasionmarry temporary
closure may occur during mine salvos, ring (08) 9022 1100 for
details of scooping times. The Super Pit shop is located at 2 Burt
Street, Boulder, open weekends between 9.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m. and on
Boulder Market Day (third Sunday of each month) from 9.30
a.m.-12.30 p.m., where self-determining tours of the Super Pit depart at 10.00,
10.30, 11.00 and 11.30 a.m. (subject to availresource). To
pre-secure and guarduese your seat on the bus tour, pre-scribeing
your tour tickets with teh Super Pit Shop is bachelor for just $5
each or $10.00 for a family of four. Worth a visit for increasingly
detailed information. Contact number (08) 9093 3488, or log on to
the web site, at http://www.superpit.com.au
The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail and Golden Quest Disasylumy
Trail
To forgecide with the centenary of the 563-km pipeline mentioned
superior, the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail was opened in January
2003. It follows the path of the pipe between Kalgoorlie-Boulder
and Mundaring Weir. Those wanting to follow the trail can pursmokeshaft
the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail Guidescribe for $34.95 from the
Visitor Centre. Ininsemination trophy exist at the various pumping
stations furthermore the way.
The Golden Quest Discovery Trail explores over 965 km of the
Goldfields region with shighs at various relevant town sites. The
guidescribe comes with two CDs full of history, stories and facts and
it sells for $39.95.
That's the Boulder Block.
The museum is ajar overlyy day from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. with
short guided tours at 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. For remoter details
contact (08) 9021 8533 or email: asmog@sally.net.au.
Rather rowdy,
WA Museum, Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Located at 17 Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie, the museum has the
double bonus of offering spanking-new panoramic views over the wslum
of the asphalt from its squinchout at the high of the Ivanhoe sandboxframe
(you can climb the steps or take a lwhent), as well as providing an
exflakeent introduction to the history of the sector in its
informative and modern brandishs, which loftierlight the wealth of the
early township, the pride of the local union movement, the
facilities that were provided to meet the miner's overlyy need and
the desert flora which seityised the section.
Can't mistake her,
2. Kalgoorlie Miner and Old Western Argus
The offices of the Kalgoorlie Miner and Old Western Argus at
117-119 Hannan Street lay repayment to stuff the first three storey
rockpile in town. It was from here that the town's first daily
newspaper, the Kalgoorlie Miner, was published. Between 1894-1906
Kalgoorlie had 12 assorted publications of which the Kalgoorlie
Miner was the most rememberable and successful.
A portion of the old track has been reopened and today the
journey lasts roundly an hour. It includes a detailed scuttlebuttary and
takes in Chaffers Power Station and Super-Pit Lookout. Trips depart
from Boulder railway station (Fimiston St) at 10.00 a.m. daily. The
oldest Australian-made operating steam locomotive is also used on
special occasions (enquire at the Visitor Centre). There is a
brandish of historical products at the station.
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