Visit to Boulder Town Hall with the amazing and irreplaceable Philip Goatcher hand-painted Stage Curtain. Followed by Hannan's Tourist Mine to see all the old equipment and memorability and maybe buy a souvenir or two. In the evening, a visit to the Goldfields Oasis Swimming Centre for a fun evening there.

1. WATTLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL
YEAR SIX
KALGOORLIE
CAMP 2020
DAY THREE:
• BOULDER TOWN HALL
• HANNAN’S TOURIST MINE
• GOLDFIELDS OASIS NIGHT
WATTLE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL
YEAR SIX
KALGOORLIE
CAMP 2020
DAY THREE:
• BOULDER TOWN HALL
• HANNAN’S TOURIST MINE
• GOLDFIELDS OASIS NIGHT

2. Boulder Town Hall was built in 1908 in the federation style and is
home to the amazing Philip Goatcher Hand Painted Stage Curtain.

3. Inside the auditorium with beautiful cast iron balustrading polished
jarrah floor and famous Philip Goacher Stage Curtain.

4. City of Kalgoorlie Historian, Tim Moore, talking to the students about the history here, including
that ACDC played here in the early days of the band, among other famous names.

6. Pressed iron sheet ceiling with roof cavity to exhaust the hot
air out and help keep the room cool..

7. Up behind the stage and the view up to the roof. Height was here to accommodate
scenery being raised and lowered as needed during performances.

8. There is also a very old grand piano and a student was invited to play for us
all. Trent took up the offer and did a great job of it. Well done Trent.

9. At night the irreplaceable Philip Goatcher curtain is raised up
into this giant calico sleeve up above to protect it.

11. There is also a lot of history in the council chambers, with all the mayors down the years on the
walls. Tim tells us some of the interesting things about these people and the chamber.

15. Upstairs in the auditorium, with simple jarrah flooring and terraces with simple wooden chairs, being
that the miners lived in Boulder. a big contrast to Kalgoorlie Town Hall, as we will see later.

21. The amazing and irreplaceable Philip
Goatcher Stage Curtain, painted in the
early 1900’s, it took 4 months and he was
paid 300 pounds, enough to buy two and a
half houses in those days.
It features velvet and silver curtains
painted with ermine fur border and a ‘Bay
of Naples’ scene, with Mt Versuvius
erupting in the background. Decorative
borders and highlights are painted on as
well. Not in gold paint, but colours to
create the impression… Comparable to the
Mona Lisa among theatrical experts…

23. Morning tea in the park at the top of the main street in Boulder. The Loopline
Train Museum is there, but no longer open, to our disappointment.

24. Across from the park, the old Metropole Hotel, famous for the tunnel up from the
mine below, that miners were supposed to have traded gold for food and drinks…

26. Subway under the Loopline Railway that took miners up to the mines on the Golden
Mile by Kalgoorlie, now the site of the Superpit.

27. Also across from the park…

28. Visiting the Hannan’s Tourist mine and see all the old equipment and try panning for
gold in their man-made creek. Maybe to buy a souvenir or few…

29. Being shown how to pann for gold in these watery pools. There are also some gems
added in one pool to find and save as a souvenir.

35. Haulpac’s are huge in anyones language…

36. Tyres are about $42 000 each x 6 per truck, required to be changed twice a year x 40
trucks , that’s an amazing amount of money, just for tyres.

38. Even the little loaders are huge…!!

40. Engines are big too. Rosie giving us an idea of the size here.

41. An evening of fun at the Goldfields Oasis Swimming Centre, with
six teachers and two lifeguards keeping a close eye on them…

54. Ms Balogh engaging the students not swimming in a bit of hand ball.
Certainly did the trick and a lot of fun too…