Town of Boulder

The Boulder Town Hall, the council's former headquarters

Former Council Chambers

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" (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.
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.