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adjoining the town of Boulder: a centre of the Coolgardie gold rushes of the early 1890s; declining gold resources superseded by the discovery of nickel ore in 1966.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