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The City of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie, alternatively known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located 595 kilometres (370 mi) east-northeast of Perth, the state capital. The city was founded in 1893 during the Yilgarn-Goldfields gold rush, and is located close to the so-called "Golden Mile".
It has a population of 28,246, making it the largest urban centre in the Goldfields-Esperance region and the fifth-largest in Western Australia.
ClimateKalgoorlie has a dry climate with hot summers and cool winters. The average annual rainfall is 260 mm on an average of 65 days and, while the average rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, there is considerable variation from year to year.
January is the hottest month with an average maximum temperature of 33.6°C, but temperatures above 40.0°C occur nearly once a week when hot, dry, north to northeasterly winds arrive. Such high temperatures are usually followed by a cool change from the south and occasionally with a thunderstorm.
By contrast winters are cool with July average maximum and minimum temperatures being 16.5°C and 4.8°C respectively. Cold wet days with a maximum below 12.0°C occur about once every winter. The lowest maximum temperature recorded is 7.2°C on 19 July 1961. Overnight temperatures fall below freezing about 4 times in a typical winter. Such events occur on clear nights following a day of cold southerly winds.
Schools There are currently 10 primary schools, 4 high schools and 1 university in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area. Primary schools
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SportKalgoorlie-Boulder's location, being approximately 600 km from Perth, contributes to high levels of participation in Australian rules football, netball, basketball, soccer, hockey and cricket. Other popular sports in Kalgoorlie include tennis, lawn bowls, rugby league, rugby union and swimming. Kalgoorlie also has a international squash tournament held every year at the YMCA. In a statewide sense, the semi-professional Goldfields Giants basketball team competes in the State Basketball League (SBL), and has won the past two SBL championships. The Kalgoorlie Brothers play in the Western Australia Rugby League Tooheys Cup rugby league competition. Horse racing is also very popular in the city, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder is home to the internationally recognised annual 'Race Round'. Content via Wikipedia
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