Kalgoorlie

[ kal-goor-lee ]

/ kælˈgʊər li /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Kalgoorlie

Kaleva, Kalevala, kaleyard, kaleyard school, Kalgan, Kalgoorlie, Kālī, kalian, Kalidasa, kalif, Kalimantan

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How to use Kalgoorlie in a sentence

Curiously, this great goldfield of Hannan's (now called Kalgoorlie) was found by the veriest chance.
Spinifex and Sand|David W Carnegie
This supposition has now been completely upset by the result of sinking operations at Kalgoorlie and elsewhere.
Spinifex and Sand|David W Carnegie
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
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 Kalgoorlie rush was fresh in the minds of nearly all present, many of whom had taken part in it.
In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald

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adjoining the town of Boulder: a centre of the Coolgardie gold rushes of the early 1890s; declining gold resources superseded by the discovery of nickel ore in 1966.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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