Town of Kalgoorlie

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

Kalgoorlie Town Hall, the council's former headquarters

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 Kalgoorlie Town Hall 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]

Mayors

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

  • John Wilson (1895-1896)
  • Harold George Parsons (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. "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. https://www.ckb.wa.gov.au/CKB/media/Documents/Library%20and%20Heritage/Documents/Weight-of-the-Chain.pdf

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