A historic operational brothel in Western Australia.  

133 Hay Street Kalgoorlie

Hay Street Kalgoorlie is the home to one of the world’s oldest working brothels.

Known to be operational in the late 1890’s, Questa Casa has had a working life of at least 126 years as a brothel… and continues to age.

With its world famous corrugated-iron “starting stalls”, Questa Casa is the last of the original brothels built  during Kalgoorlies’ gold-rush era of the 1890’s.

It, like the others that followed, were subjected to Western Australias’ Containment Policy; an unofficial ‘official‘ government policy which was applied to selected naughty places trading illegally in the face of the WA’s Criminal Code.

A curious cloak of gentility shrouds this frontage; the front belies the friendly interior. This house tells more of the town’s history and social attitudes than all the restored pomp of Kal’s gold-rush grandeur.  Once all the gates were decorated by under-clad ladies of the night… now… most stand empty, a sign of the times.

Of all the illegal houses  that constituted Kalgoorlies’ infamous Hay Street, we are the only ‘gold-rush’ brothel left, and as such, have become one of Kalgoorlies’ ‘must do‘ tours.

See them, before they vanish into the wastes of gentrification

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AGE LIMITATION!

Due to a government regulation  nobody under the age of 18 is allowed on the premises.

Alas, at present there are no ladies offering their services from our premises.