The Town of Kalgoorlie was a local government area in Western Australia, centred on the town of Kalgoorlie.
It was established as the Municipality of Kalgoorlie on 15 February 1895.[1] It was renamed the Town of Kalgoorlie on 1 July 1961.[2]
The municipality was responsible for the construction of the Kalgoorlie Town Hall as its new headquarters in 1907-09, which replaced earlier municipal chambers in Brookman Street.[3][4][5]
It amalgamated with the Shire of Boulder to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on 15 April 1989.[2]
Mayors
The following people served as mayors of the Kalgoorlie council:[6][7][8]
- John Wilson (1895-1896)
- Harold George Parsons (1896-1897)
- Robert Donald McKenzie (1897–1898)
- John (Jack) William Fimister (1898–1900)[9]
- Miles Staniforth Smith (1900–1901)
- Sir Norbert Michael Keenan (1901–1905)
- John Hurtle Cummins (1905–1907)[10]
- Mark Rosenberg (1907–1909)[11]
- Sidney Edwin Hocking (1909–1911)
- Charles Augustus Cutbush (1911–1914)[12]
- Henry Walter Davidson (1914–1917)[13]
- Bernard Patrick Leslie (1917–1920)[14]
- Henry Walter Davidson (1920-1921)[15]
- William Robert Burton (1921–1922)[16]
- Frederick William Allsop (1922–1927)
- Bernard Patrick Leslie (1927–1933)[17]
- Ernest Elisha Brimage (1933–1937)[18]
- Sir Richard Moore (1937–1966)
- Lewis Arthur Alman (1966–1969)[19]
- Herbert Alexander Hammond (1969–1976)
- Maxwell Raymond Finlayson (1976–1989)
See also
References
- ^ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The West Australian. Western Australia. 18 February 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Municipality of Kalgoorlie". State Records Office of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "ITEMS OF NEWS". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 12 December 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Kalgoorlie Town Hall History" (PDF). City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "KALGOORLIE TOWN HALL". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Western Australia. 6 August 1907. p. 14. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Early Day Kalgoorlie Mayors". The Sun. No. 7245. Western Australia. 28 August 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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- ^ "The Late Mr. J. W. Fimister". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIL, no. 9, 056. Western Australia. 4 July 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Prominent Goldfields Man". Western Mail. Vol. 51, no. 2, 614. Western Australia. 26 March 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MR MARK ROSENBERG". Jewish Herald. Vol. XLI, no. 1040. Victoria, Australia. 9 January 1920. p. 15. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Obituary". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 33, no. 8522. Western Australia. 9 February 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Obituary". Western Argus. Vol. 32, no. 1691. Western Australia. 27 July 1926. p. 28. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death of Mr. B. Leslie". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 39, no. 9650. Western Australia. 11 February 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Obituary". Western Argus. Vol. 32, no. 1691. Western Australia. 27 July 1926. p. 28. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death of Mr. William R. Burton". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 43, no. 10, 985. Western Australia. 9 August 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death of Mr. B. Leslie". Western Argus. Vol. 40, no. 2226. Western Australia. 14 February 1933. p. 16. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death of Mr. E. E. Brimage in St. John of God Hospital". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 43, no. 10, 937. Western Australia. 14 June 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Perth jottings". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. XXXV, no. 31. Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1969. p. 18. Retrieved 1 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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