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The City of Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie,
alternatively known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the
Goldfields-Esperance region of
Western Australia, and is located 595 kilometres (370 mi)
east-northeast of
Perth, the state capital. The city was founded in 1893 during
the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the
so-called "Golden Mile".
It has a population of 28,246,making it the
largest urban centre in the Goldfields-Esperance region and the
fifth-largest in Western Australia.
Climate
Kalgoorlie has a dry
climate with hot summers and cool winters. The average annual
rainfall is 260 mm on an average of 65 days and, while the average
rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, there is
considerable variation from year to year.
Schools
There are currently 10 primary schools, 4 high
schools and 1 university in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area.
Primary schools
- Boulder Primary School
- East Kalgoorlie Primary School
- Goldfields Baptist College (private)
- Hannan's Primary School
- Kalgoorlie Primary School
- North Kalgoorlie Primary School
- O'Connor Primary School
- Saint Joseph's Primary School (private)
- Saint Mary's Primary School (Kalgoorlie
Catholic Primary School) (private)
- South Kalgoorlie Primary School
High schools
- Eastern Goldfields College (formerly the
Eastern Goldfields Senior High School Senior Campus)
- Goldfields Baptist College (private)
- John Paul College (formerly Prendiville
College & Christian Bros. College (amalgamated)) (private)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School
(formerly the Eastern Goldfields Senior High School Middle
School Campus)
Universities
- Curtin University of Technology - Kalgoorlie
Campus (includes the Western Australian School of Mines and
Curtin VTEC; formerly Kalgoorlie College)
- University of Western Australia and
University of Notre Dame Australia - Rural Clinical School of
Western Australia
Sport
Kalgoorlie-Boulder's location, being
approximately 600 km from Perth, contributes to high levels of
participation in Australian rules football, netball, basketball,
soccer, hockey and cricket. Other popular sports in Kalgoorlie
include tennis, lawn bowls, rugby league, rugby union and swimming.
Kalgoorlie also has a international squash
tournament held every year at the YMCA.
In a statewide sense, the semi-professional
Goldfields Giants basketball team competes in the State Basketball
League (SBL), and has won the past two SBL championships.
The Kalgoorlie Brothers play in the Western
Australia Rugby League Tooheys Cup rugby league competition.
Horse racing is also very popular in the city,
and Kalgoorlie-Boulder is home to the internationally recognised
annual 'Race Round'. Content via
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