Sub region of Western Australia
The Eastern Goldfields is part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, covering the present and former gold-mining area east of Perth.
Extent and name origin.
The region encompasses the towns of Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Coolgardie, Kambalda, Southern Cross and other smaller settlements within this area. The name is derived in two parts: "Eastern" in relation to its location from Perth, and "Goldfields" as the name suggests comes from the mining of gold in the region.
Vegetation and biological survey.
In the 1980s, a series of surveys were reported for the broader region.
The component areas were designated:
Transport.
The region was the destination of the long-running "Westland" overnight railway sleeper train run by Western Australian Government Railways; for decades this was the main means of travelling to the "coast" or metropolitan Perth. The "Prospector" is now the main railway service into this area.
Water supply.
Water to the area is supplied by the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.
Literary culture.
It was the region of inspiration for a group of writers - Gavin Casey, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Henrietta Drake Brockman and others. It has been an important cultural region as far as labour history and Australian political history, with a rich worker and trade union history.
The history of the goldfields region also developed into a significant number of publications over time.
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