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Gold boom leaves little room for tourists in outback mining city (opens the original)
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Tourism operators in WA's Goldfields say competition for accommodation is making life difficult for visitors. A shortage of hotel rooms in Kalgoorlie-Boulder's peak tourist season is coinciding with record demand from mining companies and other industries. Some tour operators have had to take innovative steps to secure their guests somewhere to stay. The ongoing gold boom is starting to prove a headache for tourism in one of Australia's landmark mining cities. With more than half a million passe
A decade after Kalgoorlie received national attention, not much has changed (opens the original)
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Ten years on from a riot that erupted in the centre of Western Australia's gold capital, some local leaders say not enough has been done to engage the region's youth. WARNING: This article contains information about an Indigenous person who is deceased. It was August 30, 2016, when 200 people descended on Kalgoorlie's main street in anger. The day before, 14-year-old Elijah Doughty had been killed when he was run over by a man attempting to recover a stolen motorbike. The community was expressin
Suspended sentence, $100 fine for man's naked attack on country ambulance (opens the original)
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A man who headbutted an ambulance windshield while naked in WA's Goldfields has avoided further jail time. Brian Charles Parfitt caused thousands of dollars damage to the ambulance and terrified St John paramedics during the incident. A magistrate handed him a suspended prison term and fine, citing his significant mental health issues as a key factor. A man who smashed his head through the windscreen of an ambulance while naked on a public street in Western Australia's Goldfields has been handed
Fifty years ago, a radical idea saved historic mining town from dust (opens the original)
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For decades, this outback town was plagued by dust storms that would grind business to a halt. In the 1970s an innovative strategy, heavily reliant on volunteers, was trialled to combat the problem. Fifty years on and the group continues greening efforts around the area, protecting 3,500 hectares of forest that still protect the city today. Doug Daws remembers when colossal dust storms would regularly strike his outback hometown, grinding life to a halt and sending people sprinting indoors. "You
Century-old diary sheds new light on life in the Goldfields (opens the original)
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A six-month joint effort between historical societies from opposite sides of the world has recently solved the mystery of a century-old diary. The diary of Gordon Howard Tilly tells the story of a young engineer's time in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in intricate detail. Its transcript is now available at the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society. Historians from opposite sides of the globe have solved a century-old mystery, identifying the author of a diary penned during one of Australia's biggest gold r
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