The Town of Kalgoorlie was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

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 th ...

, centred on the town of

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...

. It was established as the Municipality of Kalgoorlie on 15 February 1895. It was renamed the Town of Kalgoorlie on 1 July 1961. The municipality was responsible for the construction of the

Kalgoorlie Town Hall Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area include ...

as its new headquarters in 1907-09, which replaced earlier municipal chambers in Brookman Street. It amalgamated with the

Shire of Boulder The Shire of Boulder was a local government area in Western Australia. It was established as the East Coolgardie Road District on 15 February 1895. It was renamed the Kalgoorlie Road District on 24 September 1897. The board's offices were locat ...

to form the

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

on 15 April 1989.

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The following people served as mayors of the Kalgoorlie council: * John Wilson (1895-1896) * Harold George Parsons (1896-1897) * Robert Donald McKenzie (1897–1898) * John (Jack) William Fimister (1898–1900) * Miles Staniforth Smith (1900–1901) * Sir Norbert Michael Keenan (1901–1905) * John Hurtle Cummins (1905–1907) * Mark Rosenberg (1907–1909) *

Sidney Edwin Hocking Sidney Edwin Hocking (1859–1935) founded ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' newspaper in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in 1895. Born in South Australia, he began his career at ''The Adelaide Advertiser'' in 1874 as a general reporter. He began repo ...

(1909–1911) * Charles Augustus Cutbush (1911–1914) * Henry Walter Davidson (1914–1917) * Bernard Patrick Leslie (1917–1920) * Henry Walter Davidson (1920-1921) * William Robert Burton (1921–1922) * Frederick William Allsop (1922–1927) * Bernard Patrick Leslie (1927–1933) * Ernest Elisha Brimage (1933–1937) * Sir Richard Moore (1937–1966) * Lewis Arthur Alman (1966–1969) * Herbert Alexander Hammond (1969–1976) * Maxwell Raymond Finlayson (1976–1989)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalgoorlie, Town of Former local government areas of Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia Local government of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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