From sinners to saints: Former brothel sold for $1m as nearby church rises in red-light district

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A church is nearing completion across the road from Kalgoorlie's last surviving brothel on the famous Hay Street red-light strip.

A former brothel in one of Australia's most famous outback red-light districts has been sold for more than $1 million as construction of a new church nears completion across the road from Kalgoorlie's last surviving bordello.The once-thriving Langtrees Kalgoorlie brothel has been sold to an unnamed mining company to be used for workers accommodation

Church leaders say the 'wild west' image of Kalgoorlie is no longer accurate, while a local madame welcomes worshippers to the neighbourhood Madam Mary-Anne Kenworthy, who bought the Kalgoorlie bordello in 1988 for $185,000 when it was an old corrugated-iron shed, spent more than $2.3 million building a modern bordello and museum for tourists in 2000.

 

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