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CoolgardieWednesday 12th June 2013
Locating Coolgardie
• Coolgardie
• 40km from Kalgoorlie
• 550km from Perth
History of Coolgardie
• Aboriginal Name: Coolgcaby
• Local Name: The Old Camp
• First explored in the 1860s by Europeans
Historical Coolgardie
Coolgardie Gold Rush
• First Gold Find• Arthur Bailey and William Ford in 1892• Fly Flat
• Goldfields pipeline
Coolgardie Today
• No longer an active gold mine town
• Still known as “Mother of The Western Australian Goldfields”
• Nation’s best preserved gold mining town
Coolgardie Today
Coolgardie Today
Coolgardie Tourism
• Goldfields and Coolgardie Museum
• Coolgardie Pharmacy Museum
• Coolgardie Camel Farm
• Ben Prior’s Park
Coolgardie Pharmacy Museum
Ben Prior’s Park