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WA Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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The colourful, harsh and hostile charm that is the Eastern Goldfields and the effect the magic metal gold has had on it, has been captured and distilled in the Western Australian Museum of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Travel up the mighty Ivanhoe headframe to a viewing platform in the glass- fronted lift to see the panoramic view of the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Mount Charlotte gold mine unfold before your eyes.

A brief history of the East Coolgardie Goldfields is displayed, illustrated with photographs copied from the museum's collection of glass negatives, which date from 1894 as well as a gold vault containing state gold collection, jewellery, ingot, coins.

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The developments in the search for gold. The first prospectors devised unique methods to sift the surface dirt without water. Today, large companies use modern technology to extract gold from low-grade ore, which is mined at depth. Copies of original photographs and a large collection of objects used in the Goldfields area around the turn of the century.
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17 Hannan Street
Kalgoorlie WA
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