Karlkurla Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 30°44′00″S 121°26′56″E / 30.73328°S 121.44898°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 270 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6430 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 40.5 km2 (15.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
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Karlkurla is a locality in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. It is a suburb of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. At the 2016 census, Karlkurla had a population of 177 people, [2] up from 42 in 2011. [3] The names of Karlkurla and Kalgoorlie are derived from the same root, the local Aboriginal word for the silky pear. [4]
Karlkurla takes in Kalgoorlie's north-western outskirts. It has only a small residential section, with a few dozen dwellings located close to the eastern boundary with Hannans. The Kalgoorlie Golf Course is located to the west of the residential section, and there is also a small industrial area in the south. Almost all of the rest of the locality is uncleared bushland. [5] Despite its name, the Karlkurla Bushland Park (a local tourist attraction) is located within the suburb of Hannans, not in Karlkurla proper. [4]