Kalgoorlie

[ kal-goo r-lee ]

/ kælˈgʊər li /

noun

a city in SW Australia: chief center of gold-mining industry in Australia.

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Examples from the Web for kalgoorlie

It is a fortunate circumstance for the fresh enthusiast from "home" that the "Kalgoorlie Mail" leaves Perth in the evening.
In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald
This supposition has now been completely upset by the result of sinking operations at Kalgoorlie and elsewhere.
Spinifex and Sand|David W Carnegie
It was out from Kalgoorlie four or five days hard riding, near a smaller camp called Leonora.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg
Why, me an' him were with Hannan when that old skunk went back on us at the discovery ov Kalgoorlie.
In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald

The majority have moved to the still active mines of Kalgoorlie.
Down Under With the Prince|Everard Cotes

British Dictionary definitions for kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie

/ (kælˈɡʊəlɪ) /

noun

a city in Western Australia, adjoining the town of Boulder: a centre of the Coolgardie gold rushes of the early 1890s; declining gold resources superseded by the discovery of nickel ore in 1966. Pop: 28 281 (including Boulder) (2001)

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