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  Western Australia
Western Australia is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean; on the south and west by the Indian Ocean; and on the east by the Northern Territory and South Australia.
In 1991 the Aborigine population of Western Australia was 41,792.
Western Australia achieved self-government under a parliamentary system on the British model in 1890, and population growth was spurred by major gold discoveries at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie in the south.
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 EH.Net Encyclopedia: The Economic History of Australia from 1788: An Introduction
These are defined by the foundation of the 'bridgehead economy' before 1820; the growth of a colonial economy between 1820 and 1930; the rise of manufacturing and the protectionist state between 1891 and 1973; and the experience of liberalization and structural change since 1973.
Australia contributed by joining other nations in the Cairns Group to negotiate reductions of agricultural protection during the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations and by promoting regional liberalization through the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Australia remained vulnerable as an exporter of commodities and importer of capital but its endowment of natural resources and the skills of its population were also creating opportunities.
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 Coolgardie, Western Australia - About Australia
Coolgardie is located seven hours' drive east of Perth and a forty minute drive south west of Kalgoorlie.
Coolgardie is world renowned for two events, the birthplace of the great goldrush of 1892 and Varischetti's amazing mine rescue after nine days trapped in a flooded mine underground.
Coolgardie Day, an annual event held in September, celebrates Coolgardie's birthday with thousands of people from the Goldfields and visitors from across the state coming to town to experience the family fun and activities.
www.about-australia.com /western-australia/australias-golden-outback/destinations/coolgardie   (291 words)

  
 Western Australia, Australia
Western Australia is a land of superlatives and extremes.
The topography of Western Australia is full of contrasts, and it is famed for its very distinctive flora and fauna - the result of its isolation from the rest of the continent by a belt of desert.
Visitors are attracted to Western Australia not only by the fascinating scenery and the adventurous world of the outback but also by the profusion of wild flowers in thousands of different species which carpet the land in the southwest of the state in spring (August-November).
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 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.
Australia is a vast country, do not try and see it in one go unless you have a few years!
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 Coolgardie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Dedicated to Western Australia's early explorers and the pioneers of the Goldfields, it features the machinery, boilers and mining equipment used in the region at the turn of the century.
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.
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 Coolgardie, Australia
After Arthur Bayley and William Ford found great quantities of gold nuggets here in 1892 Coolgardie grew from nothing into a town which by 1900 had a population of 15,000, with 23 hotels, six banks and several daily papers.
Coolgardie now has a population of just under 1000.
Coolgardie lies 560km east of Perth in a semi-arid plain.
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 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.
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.
The house had stables on the western side, and on the east was a gravel tennis court which Rowe adapted for croquet.
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 Coolgardie - Western Australia - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
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.
By 1896 the railway had arrived and by 1898 it was the third largest town in Western Australia (after Perth and Fremantle) with a population of 15 000 (with another 10 000 in the area) serviced by three breweries, seven newspapers, and 26 hotels.
His outstanding expedition was that in 1875 when he crossed from South Australia to Western Australia making his way from waterhole to waterhole in desert country in the far northeast and returning along a line just south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
www.smh.com.au /news/Western-Australia/Coolgardie/2005/02/17/1108500208347.html   (1959 words)

  
 WESTERN AUSTRALIA, THINGS TO DO IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, TRAVEL INFORMATION, TRAVELLING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WA
Western Australia is the largest state in Australia, accounting for approximately one third of the Australian continent.
The rest of Western Australia is made up of the rich Outback country, covering a large amount of the Western Australia landscape.
Western Australia is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time but, unlike other states in Australia, does not partake in Daylight Saving.
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 Western Australia — FactMonster.com
Western Australia is the largest state of the commonwealth, but only its southwest corner is fertile and substantially settled; the rest is arid and scarcely habitable.
Governed at first by New South Wales, Western Australia received its own governor in 1831 and a full constitution as a separate colony in 1890.
East Coolgardie Goldfield - East Coolgardie Goldfield East Coolgardie Goldfield, Western Australia, SW Australia.
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 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.
During the 1890s eastern Australia was in the grips of a severe depression and fortune seekers flocked to the Coolgardie fields in the hope of a better life.
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 Western Australia. Information and accommodation
Western Australia is the largest of all the states in Australia and occupies around a third of the entire continent.
It is bordered by the Indian and Southern Oceans and The Northern Territory and South Australia.
Western Australia is the base of much activity related to oil and gas production and has established mineral and agricultural industries.
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 Backpackers accommodation in Western Australia
- Borden is situated 400 km south of Perth, 120 km north of Albany in Western Australia.
- Bremer Bay is situated 500 km south-east of Perth, 180 km east of Albany, in Western Australia.
- Donnybrook is situated 205 km south of Perth in Western Australia.
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 western australia,western australia history,regions of western australia, western australia mineral resources,western ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Western Australia is a huge state, that is 2600 km north-south and 1600 km east-west.
Western Australia is made up of eleven regions - each one offering a distinct range of travel experiences and attractions.
The mines of Coolgardie are the most famous and this is the place where the gold mines first started.
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 Western Australia travel guide - Wikitravel
Western Australia [1] is the largest Australian state, occupying the western third of the continent.
There are only two sealed roads into Western Australia: In the south, the Eyre Highway is the most direct route from Adelaide to Perth.
There is one railway connecting Western Australia with the eastern states.
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 LAKE LEFROY SALT FLATS KAMBALDA AND COOLGARDIE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Whilst this is a remote part of Australia you will be well catered for with a good choice of accommodation, a variety of eating venues to choose from and local entertainment.
Racing is at Lake Lefroy a short drive from Kambalda in Western Australia and this is hosted by the Sandgropers Land Sailing Club of Perth.
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.
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 Coolgardie, Western Australia, Pictures
A large provincial museum is based in Coolgardie's former government offices; these buildings were once the largest stone buildings in Western Australia outside Perth.
The discovery of gold in East Coolgardie in 1892 brought a stream of gold diggers to the area.
Coolgardie was founded the same year, and its population quickly soared to more than 20,000.
www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Australia/Western_Australia/Coolgardie_town.html   (226 words)

  
 Photo Australia - Western Australia
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.
In Western Australia you can dive with the world’s largest fish - the whale shark, walk amongst the tree tops of ancient trees, sleep under a canopy of stars in the desert, or explore the gorges and wilderness areas.
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 East Coolgardie Goldfield - Encyclopedia.com
Coolgardie, of little importance today, was the first gold-rush town in the area.
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Matador and Austminex Exercise Option to Purchase the Coolgardie Gold Project in Western Australia.
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 Western Australia - "The Largest State" Main Index - Australia -Goway Travel Experiences
LANDFORM: The Western Plateau, which covers most of the state, is a shield of ancient rock with an elevation generally between 230 and 460 m (750 and 1,500 ft).
CLIMATE: Three climatic regions can be found in Western Australia: the southwest, which has warm to hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters; the hot, monsoonal northern fringe; and the vast interior, which is hot and arid.
Fashions from Australia's most talented designers are available in quality boutiques located in the city centre and suburban shopping areas.
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 Focus Minerals - The Coolgardie Gold Project
The Coolgardie Gold Project was located in the Coolgardie goldfield district approximately 40km southwest of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
The Bayleys Mine was the prominent gold producer in the district between 1892 and 1964, producing 288,868 ounces of gold from 558,000 tonnes of ore at an average grade of 16.1g/t.
Archean gold deposits in the Coolgardie area occur predominantly in or near contacts between mafic/ultramafic rocks and dioritic/porphyritic intrusives all of which are metamorphosed to amphibolite facies.
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 The Raw Story | After the goldrush - another Australian goldrush By Sid Astbury
By Sid Astbury, Coolgardie, Australia- Earlier this month, just a stone's throw from the spot near Coolgardie in Western Australia where prospectors Arthur Bayley and William Ford made their breakthrough discovery in 1892, a lone hunter with a metal detector unearthed a gold-encrusted rock worth enough for a couple of round-the-world plane tickets.
The juniors are in the vanguard of a push that could see Australia overtake South Africa and become the biggest gold producer by the end of the decade.
Focus's Coolgardie operation is a tiddler compared with Boddington, 120 kilometres south of Perth, Western Australia's biggest gold mine refurbishment, with a planned outlay of 2 billion Australian dollars (1.5 billion US).
rawstory.com /news/2006/After_the_goldrush_another_Australi_11282006.html   (672 words)

  
 Dr August Scheidel
He built cyanide extraction plants for gold at mines in New Zealand in 1891, in California in 1893-4, and at Coolgardie Western Australia in 1895-96.
He was on the executive of the Coolgardie Chamber of Mines.
Kimberly, W. History of Western Australia: A Narrative of her Past, with Biographies of her Leading Men.
www.teachers.ash.org.au /dnutting/germanaustralia/e/scheidel.htm   (347 words)

  
 International Jewish Cemetery Project - Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The cemetery location is in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia on flat land and part of the municipal cemetery.
The cemetery location is in the Murchison goldfields of Western Australia on flat land and part of the municipal cemetery.
The cemetery is one of nine remote cemeteries in the State of Western Australia that have Jewish burials.
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 Western Australia
J.S. In view of the prominent part taken by Australia in the recent war, and the enthusiasm which the achievements of the Australian Forces have aroused throughout the Empire, the story of one of the great States of the Australian Commonwealth may not be without some general interest.
Western Australia was, and indeed from its geographical position must have been, the first part of the continent to become actually known, lying as it does just off what was then the main trade route to the East.
Although the existence of the western side of the continent had been known for certainly two, and possibly three, centuries, it was not until the third decade of the nineteenth century--some forty years after the foundation of the colony of New South Wales--that the British Government decided to take steps to found a settlement there.
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 Seismicity of Western Australia - Seismicity of Western Australia
The majority of earthquakes located in Australia over the years would be in Western Australia, though this is due in part to the fact that it is Australia's largest state.
The seismicity of south west Western Australia is of particular interest, partly because includes the region around the state's principal city, Perth, and also because it contains a zone of higher than normal seismicity, known as the SouthWest Seismic Zone.
An interesting aspect of the seismicity of Western Australia is the lack of topographic relief in the seismogenic areas, as the accompanying plot on a DEM (courtesy of Geoscience Australia) shows.
www.seismicity.segs.uwa.edu.au /seismicity_of_western_australia   (1811 words)

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