Town of Kalgoorlie

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Kalgoorlie Town Hall, the council's former headquarters

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 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]

Graph of related authorities[]

Kalgoorlie-history.svg

Mayors[]

The following people served as mayors of the council:[6]

  • John Wilson (1895-1896)
  • (1896-1897)
  • Robert Donald McKenzie (1897–1898)
  • John (Jack) William Fimister (1898–1900)
  • Miles Staniforth Smith (1900–1901)
  • Sir Norbert Michael Keenan (1901–1905)
  • John Hurtle Cummins (1905–1907)
  • Mark Rosenberg (1907–1909)
  • Sidney Edwin Hocking (1909–1911)
  • Charles Augustus Cutbush (1911–1914)
  • Henry Walter Davidson (1914–1917)
  • Bernard Patrick Leslie (1917–1920)
  • Henry Walter Davidson (1920-1921)
  • William Robert Burton (1921–1922)
  • Frederick William Allsop (1922–1927)
  • Bernard Patrick Leslie (1927–1933)
  • Ernest Elisha Brimage (1933–1937)
  • Sir Richard Moore (1937–1966)
  • Lewis Arthur Alman (1966–1969)
  • Herbert Alexander Hammond (1969–1976)
  • Maxwell Raymond Finlayson (1976–1989)

References[]

  1. ^ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The West Australian. Western Australia. 18 February 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ a b "Municipality of Kalgoorlie". State Records Office of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ^ "ITEMS OF NEWS". Kalgoorlie Miner. Western Australia. 12 December 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Kalgoorlie Town Hall History" (PDF). City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^ "KALGOORLIE TOWN HALL". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Western Australia. 6 August 1907. p. 14. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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