The Western Australian Goldfields is a term for areas in Western Australia that have had significant areas of gold mining occur.
4-516: There are goldfields across the state of Western Australia that area included in the range of Mineral fields of Western Australia , from the Kimberley region to the south coast . Designated goldfields in Western Australia have included: In the 1890s the goldfields term was used for country between Southern Cross and Coolgardie , however as the gold fields extended to Kalgoorlie and beyond,
8-503: Is administered in terms of the administrative divisions of the:- There have also been various hierarchies of State Mining Engineer Inspectorate areas, as well as Mining Registrars Offices and areas. The following list is of the current Gold (G.F.) or Mineral (M.F.) Fields in the state The prefix code number is that which is found on maps of the Mineral Fields of the state. Areas are in square kilometres and Gazetted dates are from
12-498: The Kalgoorlie region. The term has been used in government reports as a reference for all of the goldfields found in Western Australia. The term has been used in company names. The Kimberley goldfield was proclaimed in 1886. The Kimberley goldfield was relatively short lived, mainly the rush period of the 1880s and 1890s being the notable era on the field. Mineral fields of Western Australia Mining in Western Australia
16-493: The term Eastern Goldfields was used for the locations in vicinity of Kalgoorlie at that stage. Sometimes West Australian Goldfields , even the goldfields or Eastern Goldfields is a term that has been used to either identify the region surrounding Kalgoorlie-Boulder within the current broader designated region of Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia . The term has been used in books specifically referring to
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