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Prostitutes appeared on the streets of Kalgoorlie from its earliest days. [...] In 1902 west Brookman Street was re-gazetted as Hay Street and became the famous 'red light district' of Kalgoorlie. Prostitutes had to register with the police, live in the brothels where they were employed and could not socialise with the local community. The regulations were enforced by local police in cooperation with brothel madams, despite a lack of formal authority. It was not until 1995 that prostitutes were allowed to live in private accommodation and be part of the community.
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- ↑ Egan, Colleen (23 February 1995), "Proper madams", Australian (23 Feb 1995): 11, ISSN 1038-8761
- ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (19 August 2005), Beautiful ladies, pretty lights - a history of Kalgoorlie's brothels, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 5 March 2017
- ↑ Smith, Robin (Robin Vaughan Francis) (1988), Prostitutes being displayed in brothel hallways on Hay Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1988 , retrieved 5 March 2017
- ↑ Garwood, Roger (1990), Brothel at 141 Hay Street, Kalgoorlie (BA2531/850) , retrieved 5 March 2017
- ↑ Ainslie, Trish; Garwood, Roger, 1945- (1992), Stella, Hay Street, Kalgoorlie , retrieved 5 March 2017
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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Fined for brothels". The Canberra Times . Vol. 41, no. 11, 691. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 May 1967. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Controversy rages over Kalgoorlie's street of sin". The Canberra Times . Vol. 52, no. 15, 590. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 May 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 5 March 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Jarrod Lucas (9 July 2019). "Kalgoorlie's 'Pink House' the last brothel standing on Hay Street's historic red-light district". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2020.