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ID: 7001957
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001957
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kalgoorlie (inhabited place)  Kalgoorlie (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 44 38 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -30.7438  decimal degrees
Long: 121 27 57 E  degrees minutes   Long: 121.4659  decimal degrees

Note: Located in center of mining region; gold was discovered nearby in 1887, & nickel was discovered in 1966; site of W Australian School of Mines.

Names:
Kalgoorlie (preferred,C,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 Kalgoorlie (inhabited place)  ................  Kalgoorlie (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
municipality (C)
mining center (C)
gold town (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kalgoorlie..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 95
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 582
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 11872363
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 95
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 582
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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