The Western Australian Goldfields, is a term for areas in Western Australia that have had significant areas of gold mining occur.
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Range of goldfields
As delineated in the details of Mineral fields of Western Australia, there are goldfields that are situated between the Kimberley region across the state of Western Australia, to the South coast.
Designated goldfields in Western Australia include: -
Mid West region
Goldfields region
Goldfields to Eastern Goldfields
In the 1890s the goldfields term was used for country between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, however as the gold fields extended to Kalgoorlie and beyond, the term Eastern Goldfields was used for the locations in vicinity of Kalgoorlie at that stage
Sometimes West Australian Goldfields, even the goldfields or Eastern Goldfields is a term that has been used to either identify the region surrounding Kalgoorlie-Boulder within the current broader designated region of Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia.
The term has been used in books specifically referring to the Kalgoorlie region.
The term has been used in government reports as a reference for all of the goldfields found in Western Australia
The term has been used in company names