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	Coolgardie, Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coolgardie (30°57′ S 121°09′ E) is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, 558 km east of the state capital, Perth.
		When federation did occur in 1901, Coolgardie was the centre of a federal electorate, the Division of Coolgardie.
		Coolgardie today is once again the centre of a municipality, the Shire of Coolgardie.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coolgardie (473 words)

	Walkabout - Coolgardie
		Located 558 km east of Perth and 425 m above sea level, Coolgardie announces to the world that it is a 'ghost town' in spite of the fact that it now has a healthy life as a tourist destination and it has a population of nearly 2000 people.
		The Coolgardie area was first explored by H M Lefroy in 1863 and by C C Hunt (1864) whose waterholes run all the way from the western coast across the southern half of Western Australia.
		The Cemetery at Coolgardie with the tombstone of Ernest Giles
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/WACoolgardie.shtml (1880 words)

	Coolgardie Town Information
		Coolgardie is 40 kms west of Kalgoorlie, 558kms east of Perth on the Great Eastern Highway.
		Today, prospectors still travel to Coolgardie in search of that elusive metal, but the wheelbarrow, pack mule and tent have been replaced with 4WD's, caravans and metal detectors.
		Coolgardie became known as the 'Old Camp' and played a substantial role in the development of Western Australia's Goldfields region.
	members.westnet.com.au /coolgardierocks/BtownA.html (425 words)

	Coolgardie - Western Australian Goldfields - Nullarbor Travel Guide
		Coolgardie is located 550 kilometres east of Perth, approximately 40 kilometres west of Kalgoorlie, and 187 kilometres north of Norseman.
		The name Coolgardie is said to be derived from the aboriginal word "Coolcaby", and is said to be a reference to the area's mulga vegetation and gnamma waterholes.
		Coolgardie owes its existence to the discovery of gold at nearby Fly Flat in September 1892.
	www.nullarbornet.com.au /towns/coolgardie.html (1901 words)

	www.westernbelle.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Coolgardie of today is a pleasant inland town, which has retained many aspects of its rich and colourful past.
		The township of Coolgardie is situated 558 kilometres from Perth and 38 kilometres from Kalgoorlie.
		The 'Coolgardie safe' which may have originated here, was a hessian bag covering a box in which food was kept.
	www.westernbelle.com /coolgard.html (830 words)

	WA Coolgardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie boomed, attaining for a while the status of leading goldfields town.
		The Coolgardie Railway Station was closed in 1971, it is now a fascinating transport and information museum.
		Before gaols were built in Coolgardie, prisoners were chained to what is known as the Gaol Tree in Hunt Street.
	www.allsydney.com /west/coolgard.htm (260 words)

	Shire of Coolgardie - Coolgardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The name Coolgardie is said to be derived from the aboriginal word “Coolcaby,” which is in reference to the area’s mulga vegetation and gnamma waterholes.
		The Coolgardie area was first explored by H.M. Lefroy in 1863 and then by C.C. Hunt in 1864.
		Coolgardie still continues its long association with the gold industry by more efficient open pit mining and recovery methods.
	www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au /aboutus/history (563 words)

	Our House Biographies - A house (and a horse) named Peter Pan
		Coolgardie was enjoying a few short years as Australia's richest goldfield, before being eclipsed by Kalgoorlie.
		With a population of 60,000, Coolgardie was the colony's third largest town with substantial public buildings, most of which survive.
		All we have left of early Coolgardie domestic structures are a handful of houses built for those at the top of the mining-town hierarchy, and of these Peter Pan is among the most interesting.
	www.heritage.gov.au /ourhouse/essay37.html (1490 words)

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		Coolgardie, a district then unnamed, had been discovered, and Arthur Bayley, a persevering and lucky prospector, had returned to civilised parts from the "bush," his packhorses loaded with golden specimens from the famous mine which bears his name.
		Notices were posted by order of the Warden, proclaiming that the road to or from Coolgardie would soon be closed, as all wells were failing, and advising men to go down in small parties, and not to rush the waters in a great crowd.
		The excitement was intense as one seized his antagonist, and, using him as a flail, proceeded to clear the room with him; he retaliated by overpowering the other man, and finally breaking his leg as they fell heavily together out through the door on to the hard street beyond.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/4/9/7/4975/4975.txt (19385 words)

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		The Coolgardie Gold Project (CGP) tenements cover an area of 106.5 km2 with a total combined reserve plus resources of 0.7M ounces of gold.
		Gold mineralisation at Coolgardie is generally controlled by quartz vein sets in mafic and felsic intrusives and by quartz veins and lodes in shear zones.
		Coolgardie has its own treatment plant, which has the capacity to treat 1.2M tones per annum, and has proven its capacity to treat most types of ores present in the region.
	www.mininglife.com /operations/operationdetail.asp?Property=Coolgardie (149 words)

	Smart Trans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie Gold N.L. ("Coolgardie") was incorporated in 1983 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1984.
		Coolgardie commenced production of gold in 1987 in its own right, and in December 1995 reached agreement with Herald Resources Ltd (a gold producer on neighbouring tenements) to form a joint venture by combination of both companies tenements, mines and mills.
		Coolgardie then became a cashed up company looking for new assets and new challenges.
	www.smarttrans.com.au /corporate/index.shtml (242 words)

	Coolgardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rather too tidy and intact to carry the name “ghost mining town”, COOLGARDIE is more of a museum to itself, a town which, at its peak, had twenty-three hotels, three breweries and six newspapers serving a population ten times greater than its present fifteen hundred.
		Situated 30km south of Coolgardie, Gnarlbine Rocks played an important part in the opening up of the Goldfields as it was one of the few watering points which was known to the early prospectors.
		Coolgardie is best reached from Perth by the daily Greyhound Pioneer, Goldfields Express or Westliner bus services, as the train now stops at Bonnie Vale, 14km north of town, and is actually no quicker.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/west_australia/coolgardie.asp (911 words)

	The Joys Of Portable Condensers
		November 8, 1894, was a red-letter day in the history of Coolgardie, for on that date the foundation-stone of the first brick building was laid by Mr.
		My departure for Coolgardie was taken advantage of by several who wished to bank their gold, and thus I became an escort.
		Coolgardie lay almost due south, 220 miles on the chart, but nearly 300 miles by the track, which deviated from water to water.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /ebook/01/038/03.htm (12558 words)

	Coolgardie, Western Australia : Your Window to Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie is roughly 7 hours drive from Perth along the Great Eastern Highway (Route 94) which passes directly through Coolgardie.
		Coolgardie was first explored by H.M. Lefroy in 1863 and C.C. Hunt in 1864.
		The museum traces the discovery, boom and decline of Coolgardie.
	www.west-oz.com /Regions/Goldfields/Coolgardie/coolgardie.asp (614 words)

	Coolgardie -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was founded in 1892 with the discovery of quartz gold in the vicinity, which marked the beginning of a rush to the East Coolgardie field.
		Known consecutively as Gnaralbine, Bayley's Reward, and Fly Flat, it was finally renamed Coolgardie, an Aboriginal term meaning “water hole,” “depression,” or “hollow surrounded with mulga...
		Together with neighbouring Boulder to the south, it forms the principal settlement of the East Coolgardie goldfield, on the western fringe of the Nullarbor Plain and the Great Victoria Desert.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9026132?tocId=9026132 (608 words)

	Division of Coolgardie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Division of Coolgardie was an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.
		It was named for the gold-mining centre of Coolgardie, on which it was based.
		It was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Division_of_Coolgardie (80 words)

	COOLGARDIE
		Coolgardie is an old gold mining town set within the Western Australia Goldfields.
		The towns population grew to a staggering 15,000 during the gold rush which started in 1892, although decreased rapidly as the gold ran out.
		Another fun thing to do when visiting Coolgardie is join one of the camel treks.
	www.australianexplorer.com /coolgardie.htm (251 words)

	West Australia's Goldfields Region
		The old gold-mining town of Coolgardie is one of the best-known ghost towns in Australia or possibly the world.
		Alluvial gold was discovered in 1892 and Coolgardie grew from nothing to a booming town of 15,000 people, 23 hotels, 6 banks and 2 stock exchanges in just 10 years.
		Sadly, the gold soon petered out, and in 1985 there were only 700 people in the town; however today there is a wave of confidence emerging and the population is increasing.
	www.holiday-wa.net /goldeast.htm (760 words)

	Coolgardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie is one of the major towns in the goldfields of Western Australia, and is located 510 kilometres east of Perth.
		Coolgardie is an Aboriginal name of uncertain meaning.
		The name was difficult to spell, and what some claim is "Golgardi", was spelt by Finnerty as Coolgardie.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~westaust/Coolgardie/Cool.htm (167 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Spinifex and Sand, by David W. Carnegie
		As often as not he would do his journey into Coolgardie (twenty-five miles), be tied up all night without a feed or drink—or as long as I had to spend there on business—and return again loaded next morning.
		I lunched with him, sitting under his waggon for shade, and found him most entertaining—nor was the old pony neglected, for he was given a fine feed of chaff and oats.
		To the east and north-east of Coolgardie lie what are known as the Hampton Plains—so named by Captain Hunt, who in 1864 led an expedition past York, eastward, into the interior.
	www.gutenberg.net /4/9/7/4975/4975-h/4975-h.htm (19265 words)

	Shire of Coolgardie - Welcome to the Shire of Coolgardie
		Coolgardie is located 558 kilometres east of Perth (the Capital City of Western Australia) and was the first settlement of the Western Australia Eastern Goldfields.
		The Shire covers an area of 30,400 km² and is responsible for the towns of Coolgardie, Kambalda, Kambalda West, Widgiemooltha and Kurrawang.
		Kambalda is located 75 kilometres south east of Coolgardie and 616 kilometres east of Perth.
	www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au (288 words)

	Kate Hobbs, the Coolgardie Consolidator, Leaves Austminex For Pastures New. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yesterday the chairman of Austminex, Don Taig, announced that Kate Hobbs would be leaving at the end of May. Usual old rubbish about wanting to pursue other consulting opportunities in the press release, but in fact it turned out to be true when Minews eventually tracked her down.
		The Coolgardie joint venture should therefore be in safe hands and Kate can move on the crest of a wave.
		She also likes London so an AIM listing would be high on the agenda for her next venture and we may not have to wait too long for news of it.
	www.minesite.com /storyFull.php?storySeq=637 (594 words)

	COOLGARDIE TELECENTRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was constructed in the 1890's for the purpose of supplying water to the locomotives which hauled loads of timber for use in the mining industry.
		This water catchment area played an important part in the opening up of the Goldfields as it was one of the few known watering points for the early prospectors.
		Situated 65km north of Coolgardie and is a large fresh water lake.
	members.westnet.com.au /cgtc/daytrips.html (431 words)

	Coolgardie youth club a success story thanks to local help » ABC Goldfields WA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie youth club a success story thanks to local help » ABC Goldfields WA [This is the print version of story http://www.abc.net.au/goldfields/stories/s528128.htm]
		Coolgardie youth workers and local police work together to foster better youth relations and build a cool place to hang out.
		Coolgardie locals Roy and Lyn Bergin have been working for 25 years in the developing and maintaining of a local youth club, while the local community and police have been supportive and constructive in building an environment that works on positive relationsips rather than law enforcement and punishment.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/goldfields/stories/s528128.htm (292 words)

	Coolgardie Safe
		In 1898 gold was discovered in a town called Coolgardie in outback Western Australia and this brought many people to this small town next to a dessert.
		The Coolgardie Safe was not an improvement on available refrigeration techniques or even on the use of Ice.
		The Coolgardie Safe is a good example of Australian ingenuity when faced with a challenge.
	www.aussiethings.biz /coolgardie_safe.html (247 words)

	» Coolgardie Parklands, Coolgardie :: Australia Travel Destinations :: Australia Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coolgardie Caravan Park, Coolgardie Coolgardie Caravan Park is located on 99 Bayley Street at the western end of town.
		Goldfields and Coolgardie Museum, Coolgardie The Goldfields and Coolgardie Museum is located on Bayley Street adjacent to the Coolgardie Tourist Bureau.
		Coolgardie Camel Farm, Coolgardie Coolgardie's development has been intimately linked with camels and the town's wide streets are reputed to have been designed to accommodate turning camel trains.
	australia.traveltoworld.com /australia-travel-guide/162/coolgardie-parklands-coolgardie (412 words)

	Coolgardie Western Australia.
		Coolgardie, a former gold town with an illustrious past was a boom town in the heady days of the Gold Rush of the 1890's and early 1900's.
		Coolgardie is 570 km (350 miles) east of Perth.
		Although gold is still mined in the locality it is only the big multinationals which have the resources and expertise to extract it economically.
	www.auinfo.com /Coolgardie-western-australia.html (337 words)

	AllRefer.com - East Coolgardie Goldfield, Australia & New Zealand (Australian And New Zealand Political Geography) - ...
		East Coolgardie Goldfield, Australian And New Zealand Political Geography
		East Coolgardie Goldfield[kOOlgAr´dE] Pronunciation Key, Western Australia, SW Australia.
		Coolgardie, of little importance today, was the first gold-rush town in the area.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/EastCool.html (173 words)

	Shire of Coolgardie - Services & Information
		In order to be eligible to vote in the Shire of Coolgardie Elections, owners or occupiers of property must lodge an Enrolment Claim form at the Shire Offices or with the Electoral Commission.
		The Shire of Coolgardie is responsible for general sanitary and health issues, which include reports on the outbreak of disease to ensure that measures can be implemented to combat a community health issue.
		The Shire of Coolgardie supports the conservation of water and the sensible use of water throughout the Shire.
	www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au /services_info (803 words)

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