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]

Graph of related authorities

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)

See also

• Town of Kalgoorlie#Mayors

References

1. ^ "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register". Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
2. ^ "BOULDER TOWN HALL". The Evening Star. 27 July 1907. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 11 January 2020. – via Trove.
3. ^ "BOULDER TOWN HALL.". Geraldton Express. 24 June 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2020. – via Trove.
4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
5. ^ "Bankruptcy Court.". The West Australian. Vol. XXIV, no. 7,070. 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. 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. 20 July 1937. p. 9 (City Final). Retrieved 31 July 2023. – via National Library of Australia.
8. ^ "Leading Laborites.". Westralian Worker. No. 246. 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. 14 March 1916. p. 25. Retrieved 31 July 2023. – via National Library of Australia.
10. ^ "Reading Laborites.". Westralian Worker. No. 237. 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. 7 November 1922. p. 35. Retrieved 31 July 2023. – via National Library of Australia.
12. ^ "Funeral.". The West Australian. Vol. XLVI, no. 8,778. 11 August 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2023. – via National Library of Australia.
13. ^ "Boulder Nominations". Western Argus. Vol. 41, no. 2371. 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. 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. 15 April 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 31 July 2023. – via National Library of Australia.