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The region encompasses the towns of Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Coolgardie, Kambalda, Southern Cross and other smaller settlements within this area. The name is derived in two parts: Eastern in relation to its location from Perth, and Goldfields as the name suggests comes from the mining of gold in the region.
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. [1] It is a part of the interstate standard gauge railway between Perth and the rest of Australia.
Sometimes West Australian Goldfields, even the goldfields or Eastern Goldfields is a term that has been used to either identify the region surrounding Kalgoorlie-Boulder within the current broader designated region of Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia. The term has been used in books specifically referring to the Kalgoorlie region. [7]
2 Mining districts outside proclaimed Gold fields in 1981. 3 See also. 4 References. ... Perth: 101: 7 April 1892: 04: ... Eastern Goldfields;
This is a list of major active gold mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 oz of gold), or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a ...
Gold mining in Western Australia is the third largest commodity sector in Western Australia (WA), behind iron ore and LNG, with a value of A$17 billion in 2021–22.The 6.9 million troy ounces (214 tonnes) sold during this time period was the highest amount in 20 years and accounted for almost 70 percent of all gold sold in Australia.
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme [a] is a pipeline and dam project that delivers potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was commissioned in 1896 and completed in 1903.
In rail administration, lines were given generic titles such as the Eastern Railway and the South Western, rather than being named after their destination. Metropolitan – ER – Eastern Railway – suburban; Bunbury – SWR – South Western Railway; Kalgoorlie – EGR – Eastern Goldfields Railway; Mullewa – NR – Northern Railway