Coolgardie Attractions

Bayleys Reward Fly Flat (Attraction)
via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Bayleys Reward Fly Flat is the site where gold was first discovered in Coolgardie in the late 1800s by Arthur Bayley and William Ford. Look out over the vast countryside and imagine the harsh climate and environment that welcomed numerous hopefuls who flocked to Coolgardie in their search for fortune. This discovery sparked the greatest gold rush in Australia's history. A five minute drive fro ...

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Ben Priors Open Air Museum (Attraction)
Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

If you are looking for a museum with a difference whilst in Coolgardie, visit Ben Prior's Open Air Museum. Featuring a collection of machinery collected by the museum's namesake, you will gain an appreciation of the life lead by the early settlers of this gold mining town. Much of the collection was owned by the pioneers of the town during the goldrush of the late 1800s. See the steam engine u ...

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Burra Rocks Nature Reserve (Attraction)
Via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Burra Rocks Nature Reserve is located 55 kilometres south of Coolgardie. The Reserve is a popular day trip offering visitors a great picnic spot with a unique backdrop of granite rock which is surrounded by regrowth woodland. There is also a dam and catchment wall. This supplied water to the steam driven engines on the narrow gauge railways bringing timber to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the late ...

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Cave Hill Reserve (Attraction)
Cave Hill Road, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

For a taste of the Aussie outback and goldfields adventure head to Cave Hill Reserve south of Coolgardie. Accessible only by four wheel drive, Cave Hill is known for its spectacular granite outcrop and cave formation. It's one of the biggest and highest granite monoliths in the region. Here you can go bushwalking, explore the cave and see native animals and birds. It's the perfect da ...

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Coolgardie Cemetery (Attraction)
via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Reflect on the lives and hardships encountered during the gold rush years with a visit to the Coolgardie Cemetery. Commissioned in 1894, it has over 3,000 graves. Over a quarter of these contain a child under the age of five. Typhoid took hold of the town at the start of the Gold Rush, and as a result a large number of the graves remain unmarked. The identities of many of the victims were not r ...

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Gnarlbine Rock (Attraction)
Queen Victoria Rock Road, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Only 30 kilometres south of Coolgardie, Gnarlbine Rock - Hunts Well water catchment area, played an important part in the opening of the Goldfields as it was one of the few watering points which was known to the early prospectors. Suitable for picnics and similar outings. Nature Reserve guides and maps available from CALM in Kalgoorlie or through Kalgoorlie-Boulder Tourist Centre. ...

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Goldfields Exhibition Museum (Attraction)
Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

The Goldfields Exhibition Museum is housed in the grand historic two storey former Wardens Court Building, which was erected in 1898. Wander through each of the rooms to view a range of fascinating displays including Aboriginal artefacts, photographs, models and authentic prospecting equipment. See one of the largest antique bottle collections in Western Australia. Bottles and glassware on dis ...

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Historical Markers (Attraction)
62 Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

A series of historical markers have been placed at various intervals within the township giving a well documented account of Coolgardie's history. Each group of markers described the immediate site as it was when Coolgardie was the capital of the Goldfields and is usually accompanied by a photograph from that period. A comparison of the photographs and the present day scene give a vivid acc ...

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Lions Bicentennial Lookout (Attraction)
Hunt Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

The Lions Bicentennial Lookout in Coolgardie is the perfect lookout to view the landscape Bayley and Ford first saw as they rode in from the Gnarlbine Soak. The Bayley's Reware Gold Mine headframe provides the perfect lookout and overlooks the Fly Flat where gold was first found in 1892. The headframe erected on this site is a great setting for the picnic and barbecue area. ...

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No 8 Pumping Station Coolgardie (Attraction)
Pumping Station Road, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Perhaps the most unusual, and certainly one of the most evocative properties invested in the National Trust is the old Number Eight steam operated pumping station at Dedari, 28 kilometres south of Coolgardie. For 66 years this was a vital link in C. Y. O'Connor's brilliantly designed Goldfields water scheme. Since 1969 the old steam pumping station has been superceded by diesel powered plant. T ...

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Old Coolgardie Gaol (Attraction)
Bayley Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Take the opportunity to visit the Old Coolgardie Gaol for an insightful look at how prisoners were incarcerated in the late 1800s. Walk through the cells and imagine the hardships experienced by the early settlers inhabiting the prison during the gold rush days. Forming part of the main Government Building complex, the architecture of this grand building is also worth exploring. A five minute ...

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Old Pioneer Cemetery Coolgardie (Attraction)
Off Forrest Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

A visit to the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Coolgardie will give you an appreciation of the hardships experienced by the gold mining opportunists who flocked to the goldrush town in the 1890s. This historic site became the final resting place of a significant number of unknown hopefuls who were struck down by an outbreak of typhoid. Prior to your visit stop in at the Coolgardie Visitor Centre and co ...

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Pharmacy Museum (Attraction)
Old Coolgardie Drill Hall, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

The Pharmacy Museum in Coolgardie houses an extensive pharmaceutical collection in the Old Coolgardie Drill Hall. Regarded as one of the best pharmaceutical displays in Australia, you will get a detailed insight into the medicinal treatments dispensed in the early twentieth century. Displays include early medicines, dental tools and a range of fascinating old advertisements and posters on displ ...

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Railway Station Museum (Attraction)
Woodward Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

An extensive collection of railway memorabilia can be found at the Old Coolgardie Railway Station including an old steam locomotive and the carriages that brought mining hopefuls to the goldfields. Discover the significance of the arrival of this railway to the region in the late 1800s. Stroll through the station imagining the difficult yet optimistic life of the town's residents, and learn how th ...

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Rowles Lagoon (Attraction)
Coolgardie North Road, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Rowles Lagoon is located approximately sixty kilometres north of Coolgardie, and is a semi-permanent fresh water lake two kilometres across. It's popular with day-trippers, campers and water sport enthusiasts and is the only Goldfields lake with a gazetted water ski and jet ski area. The lakes are a 'conservation island' within the arid zone and provide habitat for more species of water birds ...

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The Gaol Tree (Attraction)
Hunt Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

The Gaol Tree is located in Hunt Street, over the old railway bridge. Before any gaols were built in Coolgardie, prisoners were chained to the tree to await their trial. It is an indicator as to the speed with which this wild town started. Replica leg irons are attached to the tree today. ...

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Victoria Rock Nature Reserve (Attraction)
Via, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Victoria Rock Nature Reserve is home to many native animals including emus, echidna's, ornate dragons and carpet pythons. The woodland surrounding the Victoria Rock was once cleared by the early settlers and the regrowth consists of salmon gum, gimlet and redwood. Victoria Rock can be climbed and is well worth it as the summit rewards you with spectacular views of the surrounding woodland. ...

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Warden Finnertys House (Attraction)
2 Mckenzie Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia 6429, Australia

Warden Finnerty's House in Coolgardie is a beautiful historic home which has been faithfully restored to its original 1895 grandeur. Commonly known as 'The Residency', it is an excellent early example of clever design being used to protect its inhabitants from the harsh local climate. The verandas are wide, the windows are louvered and there is a ventilated roof lantern. John Michael Finnerty ...

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