Town of Boulder

The Town of Boulder was a local government area in Western Australia, centred on the town of Boulder.

The Boulder Town Hall, the council's former headquarters

It was established as the Municipality of Boulder on 6 August 1897. It was given town status as the Town of Boulder on 1 July 1961.[1]

The municipality was responsible for the construction of the Boulder Town Hall as its new headquarters in 1907-08.[2][3]

It ceased to exist on 1 July 1969, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring Shire of Kalgoorlie, which was subsequently renamed the Shire of Boulder in November that year.[1]

Mayors

The following people served as mayors of the council:[4]

  • John Marquis Hopkins (1897-1900)
  • James Albert Hopkins (1900-1902)
  • William Thomas Rabbish (1902-1905)
  • James Lyon Johnston (1905-1908)
  • John Mills Waddell (1908-1909)
  • Charles Robert Davies OBE (1909-1912)
  • Henry Glance (1912-1915)
  • Stephen Beston (1915-1919)
  • James Albert Rogers (1919-1922)
  • George Henry Rainsford (1922-1928)
  • Walter Forrester Coath (1928-1944)
  • John Denis Teahan (1944-1954)
  • John Michael Adrenne Cunningham (1954-1955)
  • Arthur Alexander James Gillespie (1955-1968)
  • Adam Altham (1968-1969)

References
  1. "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. "BOULDER TOWN HALL". The Evening Star. Western Australia. 27 July 1907. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "BOULDER TOWN HALL". Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 24 June 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. https://www.ckb.wa.gov.au/CKB/media/Documents/Library%20and%20Heritage/Documents/Weight-of-the-Chain.pdf

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