Gilgai, Western Australia

	Gilgai, Western Australia Gilgai, Western Australia was the location of Number 7 Pumping station on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme It was also located on the Eastern Goldfields Railway The Eastern Goldfields Railway, was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. It is a part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Per .... It was located between number 6 pumping station located at Ghouli, and number 8 at Dedari. References {{Reflist, 30em Eastern Goldfields Railway Goldfields Water Supply Scheme Water supply pumping stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Goldfields Water Supply Scheme The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers drinking water, potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was commissioned in 1896 and completed in 1903. The pipeline continues to operate today, supplying water to over 100,000 people in over 33,000 households as well as mines, farms and other enterprises. Water scarcity During the early 1890s, thousands of settlers had travelled into the barren and dry desert centre of Western Australia seeking gold, but the existing infrastructure for the supply of water was non-existent, and an urgent need arose. Prior to the scheme, water condensers, irregular rain, and Burlong Pool, Western Australia, water trains were part of the range of sources. Railway dams were essential for water to supply locomotives to travel to the goldfields. Origins of the scheme Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eastern Goldfields Railway The Eastern Goldfields Railway, was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. It is a part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Perth and the rest of Australia. Originally, at construction, the railway line was referred to as the Yilgarn Railway, named after the Yilgarn Godlfields, but this was changed to Eastern Goldfields Railway around 1899 or 1900. It had also been referred to as the Fremantle–Kalgoorlie Railway. Operationally in the WAGR era, the line was considered to be between Northam and Kalgoorlie, despite historical material extending the name to Perth. Operator Arc has Merredin as the location of the start of the EGR in their network operations. History The ''Yilgarn Railway Act 1892'', an act by the Parliament of Western Australia assented to on 18 March 1892, authorised the construction of the railway line from Northam to Southern Cross. The ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ghouli, Western Australia Ghouli, Western Australia (also spelled Ghooli) was the location of Number 6 Pumping station on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, and is the location of the current pumping station number 14 on the pipeline. It was also located on the Eastern Goldfields Railway, not far from Southern Cross. It was located between number 5 pumping station located at Yerbillon, and number 7 at Gilgai A gilgai is a small, ephemeral lake formed from a surface depression in expanding clay soils. Gilgai is also used to refer to the overall micro-relief in such areas, consisting of mounds and depressions. The name comes from an Australian Aborigin .... References {{reflist, 30em Eastern Goldfields Railway Goldfields Water Supply Scheme Water supply pumping stations Goldfields–Esperance Shire of Yilgarn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dedari, Western Australia Dedari, Western Australia was the location of Number 8 Pumping station on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme It was also located on the Eastern Goldfields Railway The Eastern Goldfields Railway, was built in the 1890s by the Western Australian Government Railways to connect Perth with the Eastern Goldfields at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. It is a part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Per .... It was located between number 7 pumping station located at Ghouli, and Mount Charlotte reservoir in Kalgoorlie. References {{reflist, 30em Eastern Goldfields Railway Goldfields Water Supply Scheme Water supply pumping stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]