Today we went to the Visitor’s Centre which was in the old Kalgoorlie Town Hall. We went through the hall which had been done up beautifully. It was so ornate.
Then we went to the museum . We went to the top of the museum in what is called the head frame which is 33 metres high. The view over the city is beautiful.
We looked at the miner’s cottage. There are many of these still in use in Kalgoorlie. This one even had the “outside dunny” although it was not to be used.
There were many other rooms we looked at, including the history of gold mining, life of the aboriginals and life on the goldfields. It was a very interesting museum.
There are many interesting hotels and buildings in the town. We had lunch at the Exchange Hotel, which is the oldest hotel in Kalgoorlie built in 1898.
There is a statue of Paddy Hannan in the main street. He is meant to be the first goldminer in the area. There is also a statue of Saint Barbara who is the patron saint of mining.
