File:Ground floor concert hall.jpg The Town of Boulder was a local government area in

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 Boulder. It was established as the Municipality of Boulder on 6 August 1897. It was given town status as the Town of Boulder on 1 July 1961. The municipality was responsible for the construction of the Boulder Town Hall as its new headquarters in 1907-08. It ceased to exist on 1 July 1969, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring Shire of Kalgoorlie, which was subsequently renamed the

Shire of Boulder The Shire of Boulder was a Local government areas of Western Australia, 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 Se ...

in November that year.

Graph of related authorities

Mayors

The following people served as mayors of the council: * John Marquis Hopkins (1897-1900) * James Albert Hopkins (1900-1902) * William Thomas Rabbish (1902-1905) * James Lyon Johnston (1905-1908) * John Mills Waddell (1908-1909) * Charles Robert Davies OBE (1909-1912) * Henry Glance (1912-1915) * Stephen Beston (1915-1919) * James Albert Rogers (1919-1922) * George Henry Rainsford (1922-1928) * Walter Forrester Coath (1928-1944) * John Denis Teahan (1944-1954) * John Michael Adrenne Cunningham (1954-1955) * Arthur Alexander James Gillespie (1955-1968) * Adam Altham (1968-1969)

References

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