Boulder, Western Australia
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Boulder Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
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Boulder Town Hall
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 Boulder
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| Coordinates | 30°46′41″S 121°29′20″E / 30.778°S 121.489°ECoordinates: 30°46′41″S 121°29′20″E / 30.778°S 121.489°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 5,178 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,151/km2 (2,980/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6432 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 5 km (3 mi) S of Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eyre | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||
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Boulder was a town in the Western Australian Goldfields 595 kilometres (370 mi) east of Perth and bordering onto the town of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region. Until 1989 it was part of its own municipality. In 1989 the towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder were merged to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. After the merger Boulder officially became a suburb of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
The population of Boulder in 1901 was 2,936 (1850 males and 1086 females) which increased to 5,658 (3090 males and 2568 females) in 1903.
At the 2006 census, Boulder had a population of 5,178.
On 20 April 2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder suffered a magnitude 5.0 earthquake which damaged several of the historic buildings in Boulder.
During World War 2, Boulder was the location of RAAF No.27 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 14 June 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000).
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