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Boulder

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City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA, PO Box 2042, Boulder, WA 6432
08 9021 9600

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Boulder is a suburb in the Western Australian Goldfields, 595 kilometres (370 mi) east of Perth and bordering onto the city of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region.

Boulder is a suburb in the Western Australian Goldfields, 595 kilometres (370 mi) east of Perth and bordering onto the city of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region.

The Boulder (horse) Races were a significant event in early twentieth century goldfields region history.The town maintained its separation from Kalgoorlie until the 1980s, however even prior to that era, many surveys and studies of the towns and their areas tended to join the names.Prior to 1989, Boulder was a town, but it was merged with Kalgoorlie to form the City 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. This had decreased to 4,825 by the 2016 census.On 20 April 2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder suffered a magnitude 5.0 earthquake which damaged several of the historic buildings in Boulder.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 4.399 km2

Elevation: 201-500 metres

Town elevation: 362 m

Population number: 4,825

Local Government Area: City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Location

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA, PO Box 2042, Boulder, WA 6432

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Boulder, Western Australia

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