Editing Kalgoorlie (section)

==Industry and commerce==
[[File:Kalgoorlie City Markets.jpg|thumb|Kalgoorlie City Markets]]
Kalgoorlie–Boulder is a regional centre and has a Chamber of Commerce<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalgoorliecci.asn.au/|title=Kalgoorlie–Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. |first=Kalgoorlie–Boulder Chamber of Commerce &|last=Industry|website=www.kalgoorliecci.asn.au}}</ref> and a Chamber of Minerals and Energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmewa.com/|title=The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia|website=www.cmewa.com}}</ref>

===Mining===
Since 1992, Kalgoorlie has been home to the [[Diggers & Dealers]] conference, held annually in August. It is Australia's premier international mining conference.<ref name="Song">[http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2010/s2971212.htm Diggers and Dealers 2010 – The Song Remains The Same] ''[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Rural]]'', author: Babs McHugh , published: 2 August 2010, accessed: 26 October 2010</ref>

The [[Super Pit gold mine|Fimiston Open Pit (Super Pit)]] is an [[Open-pit mining|open-cut]] gold mine about {{convert|3.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|1.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} wide, and over {{convert|600|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} deep. Originally consisting of a large number of [[Sub-surface mining|underground mines]], including the Paringa, Oroya, Brown Hill, Chaffers, and Hainault mines, they were consolidated into a single open pit mine in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Super Pit |url=http://www.superpit.com.au/about/history/ |website=KCGM |access-date=2 May 2019 |location=Kalgoorlie , WA |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034224/http://www.superpit.com.au/about/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mulligan |editor1-first=David |title=Environmental Management in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries |date=1996 |publisher=UNSW Press |location=Sydney |isbn=9780868403830 |page=322 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5nKvV5UMOpwC&pg=PA322 |access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> A visitor centre overlooks the mine, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The mine blasts at 1:00&nbsp;pm every day, unless winds would carry dust over the town. Each of the massive trucks carries 225 tonnes of rock and the round trip takes about 35 minutes, most of that time being the slow uphill haul. Employees must live in Kalgoorlie; there's no [[fly-in fly-out|fly-in, fly-out]] operation. The current life of mine plan covers operation until 2035, with investigations for mine extension ongoing.<ref>{{cite web|title=KCGM About Us|url=https://www.superpit.com.au/about/about-us/|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030082353/http://www.superpit.com.au/about/about-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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File:Gold mines Kalgoorlie 2.svg|Gold mines in the Kalgoorlie region
Image:Super Pit Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.jpg|The [[Super Pit gold mine|Super Pit]] that gives the mine its name appears in the centre of this image.
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===Sex work===
{{Further|Hay Street, Kalgoorlie}}

Kalgoorlie once had a thriving sex industry, with parts of [[Hay Street, Kalgoorlie|Hay Street]] once being considered Kalgoorlie's [[red-light district]]. Originally, [[brothel]]s were only allowed to operate in Hay Street. While there were once a number of brothels in Kalgoorlie, this has since decreased.<ref name="brothel">{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-09/brothel-closure-leaves-last-bordello-on-historic-hay-street/11289954 | title=Kalgoorlie's 'Pink House' the last brothel standing on Hay Street's historic red-light district – ABC News | work=ABC News | date=8 July 2019 }}</ref>

[[Prostitute]]s from all over the world moved to Kalgoorlie for employment in the town's sex work industry.<ref name="women">{{cite web | url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/sexwork.html | title=Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie–Boulder – Sex Work }}</ref>

Today, only one brothel remains in Kalgoorlie: Questa Casa ([[Italian language|Italian]] for "This House"; locally known as the "Pink House"). Questa Casa claims to be Australia's oldest operating brothel, having begun operations in 1904.<ref name="brothel"/> Questa Casa now only employs two [[sex worker]]s, but also serves as an adult tourist attraction.<ref name="women"/>

The demise of the red light district has largely been attributed to the rescinding of the ''Containment Policy'' in 1994. The ''Containment Policy'' was an informal policy that restricted all sex work in Kalgoorlie to one street: Hay Street. Nevertheless, "skimpy barmaids" (female bartenders who wear sexually provocative clothing, usually flying into Kalgoorlie from elsewhere) are known to occasionally sell sex.<ref name="women"/>