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Kalgoorlie, part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. The town was founded in 1893 during the Coolgardie gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile". It is also the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail.
At the 2011 census, Kalgoorlie had a population of 31,107, making it the largest urban centre in the Goldfields-Esperance region and the fifth-largest in Western Australia.
The name Kalgoorlie is derived from the Wangai word Karlkurla, meaning "place of the silky pears".
Kalgoorlie may refer to:
- Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, a city and council in Western Australia
- Division of Kalgoorlie, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives located around the geographical area
- Electoral district of Kalgoorlie, an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Kalgoorlie is the central suburb of the Kalgoorlie- Boulder metropolitan area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.