Broadwood is a mixed-use suburb of
Kalgoorlie–Boulder, a city in the
Eastern Goldfields
The Eastern Goldfields is part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, covering the present and former gold-mining area east of Perth.
Extent and name origin
The region encompasses the to ...
region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. 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 Aust ...
.
It contains a small residential area, an industrial area in the west adjoining
West Kalgoorlie, the
Kalgoorlie–Boulder Airport in the south, and large areas of undeveloped bushland.
In 2023 the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder approved plans for a $140 million "lifestyle village" of 397 dwellings in Broadwood.
Broadwood includes Gubrun Camp and Kapurn Camp, which are registered Aboriginal sites of significance to the
Kalamaia
The Kalamaia are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, Kalamaia lands stretched over some . Their eastward extension ran to Bullabulling, ...
people.
References
{{Suburbs of Kalgoorlie
Suburbs of Kalgoorlie–Boulder