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Municipality Of Coolgardie
The Municipality of Coolgardie was a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in Western Australia, centred on the town of Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coolgardie. It was established on 4 July 1894. It initially met in premises on Hunt Street, but these became too small in two years and a replacement council chambers was built in Bayley Street in 1896. The council was responsible for the construction of the Coolgardie Mechanics' Institute in 1894-96; it gave Coolgardie a library "claimed as one of the best in the colony outside Perth" as well as a concert hall and reading room, but resulted in the council incurring a £900 debt. The boundaries of the municipality were expanded on 13 September 1895, with the additional land including the Coolgardie suburb known as "Toorak". The council opened the Coolgardie Municipal Baths on 11 January 1897, making Coolgardie the first Western Australian town with a public swimming pool. However, it proved to be a fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of Western Australia
There are 137 local government areas of Western Australia (LGAs), which are areas, towns and districts in Western Australia that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the '' Local Government Act 1995''. The ''Local Government Act 1995'' also makes provision for regional local governments (referred to as "regional councils", established by two or more local governments for a particular purpose. There are three classifications of local government in Western Australia: * City predominantly urban, some larger regional centres * Town predominantly inner urban, plus Port Hedland * Shire predominantly rural or outer suburban areas The Shire of Christmas Island and the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Federal external territories and covered by the ''Indian Ocean Territories Administration of Laws Act'', which allows the Western Australian ''Local Government Act'' to apply "on-island" as though it were a Commonwealth act. Nonetheless, Christmas Island and the Coc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the List of country subdivisions by area, second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha, Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the South-West Land Division, south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolgardie, Western Australia
Coolgardie is a small town in Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth. It has a population of approximately 850 people. Although Coolgardie is now known to most Western Australians as a tourist town and a mining ghost town, it was once the third largest town in Western Australia (after Perth and Fremantle). At this time, mining of alluvial gold was a major industry and supplied the flagging economy with new hope. Many miners suffered under the harsh conditions, but for a few, their find made the hard work worthwhile. Most men, however, left poorer than they had started off, with their hopes dashed. History Coolgardie was founded in 1892, when gold was discovered in the area known as Fly Flat by prospectors Arthur Wellesley Bayley and William Ford. Australia had seen several major gold rushes over the previous three decades, mostly centred on the east coast, but these had mostly been exhausted by the 1890s. With the discovery of a new goldfield, an entire n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hannan's Herald
The community of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia had an energetic newspaper publishing industry in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The effect of the newspapers was important in the politics of the state of Western Australia, in particular the lead up to Federation, the rise of labour politics, and the evolution of political parties in the state. By the end of the initial boom in mining and establishment of more industrial scale mining, a number of smaller publishing ventures had been and gone. Titles * ''Western Argus'', 1894 - known as ''Western Argus'' between 1894 and 1896, ''Kalgoorlie Western Argus'' between 1896 and 1916, and ''Western Argus'' between 1916 and 1938. * ''Kalgoorlie Miner'', 1895 * ''The Hannan's Herald'', 1895-6 * ''Kalgoorlie (and) Boulder Standard'', 1897-1898 * ''Boulder Miner's Right'', 1897 * ''The Evening Star'', 1898-1921 * ''The Sun'', 1898-1929 * ''Westralian Worker The ''Westralian Worker'' was a newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, '' The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. Content ''The West Australian'' publishes international, national and local news. , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of ''Seven News'', Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park premises. SWM also publish two websites from Osborne Park including thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs including Play Magazine, The Guide, West Weekend, and Body and Soul. Thewest.com.au is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolgardie Miner
The ''Coolgardie Miner'' (18 April 1894 – 16 June 1911) was a weekly newspaper established in Coolgardie, Western Australia, at a time when Coolgardie was the prominent town in the goldfields region of Western Australia. The subsequent publication with the same title (1 March 1913 – 29 December 1917) was published in a time when Kalgoorlie was dominating the goldfields, and Coolgardie's decline as centre had set in. The third newspaper with this name was published in 1935, ceasing in 1957 when it was merged with the ''Great Eastern News'', which ceased publication in 1958. History Founding The paper was founded by W. E. "Billy" Clare, with assistance from Edwin Greenslade Murphy, who, as "Dryblower", contributed a weekly gossip column. Cartoonist Ben Strange joined the newspaper in 1894. An early editor was George Williams, previously mining reporter for the '' Melbourne Argus''. Frederick Vosper was editor some time before April 1895. Alfred Thomas Chandler was edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Register Of The National Estate
The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List were created and by 2007 the Register had been replaced by these and various state and territory heritage registers. Places listed on the Register remain in a non-statutory archive and are still able to be viewed via the National Heritage Database. History The register was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission, after which the register was maintained by the Australian Heritage Council. 13,000 places were listed. The expression "national estate" was first used by the British architect Clough Williams-Ellis, and reached Australia in the 1970s.Heritage of Australia, pp. 9–13 It was incorporated into the ''Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975'' and was used to describe a collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Coolgardie
The Shire of Coolgardie is a local government area in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Coolgardie, although the twin towns of Kambalda East and Kambalda West contain two-thirds of the Shire's population. History The Shire of Coolgardie originated as the Coolgardie Road District, which was established on 7 August 1896, consisting of the rural areas surrounding the town of Coolgardie, which had already been incorporated as the Municipality of Coolgardie in 1894. As the gold rush waned in the area, the municipality merged into the road district on 20 May 1921. It was declared a shire with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1960'', which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. Wards In 2007, the ward system was abolished. Prior to this, the Shire had eight councillors and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bellingham
George Henry John Bellingham (15 February 1862 – 28 July 1932) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1908, representing South Province. Bellingham was born in Maldon, Victoria, to Caroline Elizabeth (née Addison) and Henry Bellingham. He served a five-year apprenticeship with an Adelaide-based surveying and engineering firm, and spent time working as a surveyor in Queensland before eventually returning to Victoria, where he was employed by Victorian Railways. Bellingham arrived in Western Australia in 1891, and joined the colony's Lands and Surveys Department. He started his own Coolgardie-based engineering business in 1893, and later also became a director of several mines in the wider Eastern Goldfields area. Bellingham was elected as a Municipality of Coolgardie councillor in 1895, and first stood for parliament in 1897, but placed only fifth out of six candidates in North-East Province. He was succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Eddy (politician)
William Trezise Eddy (1864 – 11 February 1926) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1908, representing the seat of Coolgardie. Eddy was born in Clunes, Victoria, to Elizabeth Jane (née Tresize) and Andrew Eddy. He moved to Coolgardie, Western Australia, in 1894, in the early days of the gold rush, and set up as a storekeeper. Eddy served on the Coolgardie Municipal Council from 1901 to 1903.William Tresize Eddy – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2017. He first stood for parliament at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Augustus Ellis
Henry Augustus Ellis (24 July 1861 – 3 October 1939) was an Irish Australian physician and federalist, important in the promotion of federation in Western Australia. Ellis, was the fourth son of Colonel Francis Ellis of County Tyrone, Ireland, and his wife Louisa, ''née'' McMahon. He was educated at St Columba's, county Tyrone and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated M.B. in 1884, and Ch.B. in 1885. Ellis then migrated to Australia, was a resident at Sydney hospital for two years, and from 1890 to 1894 was an honorary physician and surgeon to the hospital. He went to Coolgardie in 1894 and had charge of the government sanatorium there, took an intense interest in his work, in which he was most successful, and also interested himself in local politics and the federation movement. Western Australia did not take part in the referendum held in 1898, and the government under Forrest was opposed to the proposals for federation as late as the end of 1899. However, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
