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ID: 1096622
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1096622
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Coolgardie (inhabited place)  Coolgardie (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 57 13 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -30.9536  decimal degrees
Long: 121 09 58 E  degrees minutes   Long: 121.1660  decimal degrees

Note: Was founded a center for mining of quarz gold; flourished by 1910; population declined when many left to work at Golden Mile Reef of Kalgoorlie; famed for 2,000-ounce Eldorado gold nugget that was found here in 1951.

Names:
Coolgardie (preferred,C,V)  ............ derived from aboriginal name meaning "water hole"
Bayley's Reward (H,V)
Fly Flat (H,V)
Gnarlbrine (H,V)
Old Camp (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Western Australia (state)  ............  Western Australia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Coolgardie (inhabited place)  ................  Coolgardie (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1892
town (C)
roadside rest area (C)  ............  stop along railway & highway
gold town (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Bayley's Reward..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
Coolgardie..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 49
Fly Flat..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
Gnarlbrine..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
Old Camp..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 202
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1567015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 49
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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