Town of Boulder

The Town of Boulder was a local government area in Western Australia, centred on the town of Boulder.

It was established as the Municipality of Boulder on 6 August 1897. It was given town status as the Town of Boulder on 1 July 1961.^[1]

The municipality was responsible for the construction of the Boulder Town Hall as its new headquarters in 1907-08.^[2]^[3]

It ceased to exist on 1 July 1969, when it was absorbed into the neighbouring Shire of Kalgoorlie, which was subsequently renamed the Shire of Boulder in November that year.^[1]

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Mayors

The following people served as mayors of the Boulder council:^[4]

John Marquis Hopkins (1897-1900)
James Albert Hopkins (1900-1902)^[5]
William Thomas Rabbish (1902-1905)^[6]
James Lyon Johnston (1905-1908)^[7]
John Mills Waddell (1908-1909)^[8]
Charles Robert Davies OBE (1909-1912)^[9]
Henry Glance (1912-1915)^[10]
Stephen Beston (1915-1919)^[11]
James Albert Rogers (1919-1922)^[12]
George Henry Rainsford (1922-1928)
Walter Forrester Coath (1928-1944)^[13]^[14]^[15]
John Denis Teahan (1944-1954)
John Michael Adrenne Cunningham (1954-1955)
Arthur Alexander James Gillespie (1955-1968)
Adam Altham (1968-1969)

References

[1]
"Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
[2]
"BOULDER TOWN HALL". The Evening Star. Western Australia. 27 July 1907. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
[3]
"BOULDER TOWN HALL". Geraldton Express. Western Australia. 24 June 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
[4]
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
[5]
"Bankruptcy Court". The West Australian. Vol. XXIV, no. 7, 070. Western Australia. 20 November 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[6]
"Death of Mr. W. T. Rabbish". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXVII, no. 1417. Western Australia. 3 September 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[7]
"Colonel Lyon Johnston dead". The Daily News. Vol. LV, no. 19, 445. Western Australia. 20 July 1937. p. 9 (City Final). Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[8]
"Leading Laborites". Westralian Worker. No. 246. Western Australia. 21 April 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[9]
"Letter from Major Davies". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Vol. 21, no. 4955. Western Australia. 14 March 1916. p. 25. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[10]
"Reading Laborites". Westralian Worker. No. 237. Western Australia. 17 February 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[11]
"The Late Mr. S. Beston". Western Argus. Vol. 23, no. 5163. Western Australia. 7 November 1922. p. 35. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[12]
"Funeral". The West Australian. Vol. XLVI, no. 8, 778. Western Australia. 11 August 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[13]
"Boulder Nominations". Western Argus. Vol. 41, no. 2371. Western Australia. 26 November 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[14]
"End of Long Civic Career". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 50, no. 13, 032. Western Australia. 15 April 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
[15]
"Mayor of Boulder Dead". The West Australian. Vol. 60, no. 18, 023. Western Australia. 15 April 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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Mayors

See also

References

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