| Broadwood Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 30°47′01″S 121°27′06″E / 30.78367°S 121.45166°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 759 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6430 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Broadwood is a mixed-use suburb of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, a city in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
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.[2]
Broadwood includes Gubrun Camp and Kapurn Camp, which are registered Aboriginal sites of significance to the Kalamaia people.[3]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Broadwood (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Controversial $140m village backed by Kalgoorlie-Boulder council amid plans to revisit sale of land with Aboriginal heritage site". ABC News. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Park hopes for bush site". Kalgoorlie Miner. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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