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Hamersley Iron (1985) Diary titled Hamersley Iron.The Pilbara Flora Collection 1984. The 18th Year of Hamersley Iron Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Perth, WA.; Oakley, Glenda.(1992) More dates! : a Western Australian chronology 1930 to 1989 Northbridge, W.A. Friends of Battye Library occasional paper; no. 3 ISBN 0-646-10780-1
The human history of Western Australia commenced ... Below is a timeline of ... (known later as the Pilbara). By 1859, all the other Australian colonies had their own ...
North of the Pilbara looking south at the range. At least two important but differing definitions of "the Pilbara" region exist. Administratively it is one of the nine regions of Western Australia defined by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993; the term also refers to the Pilbara shrublands bioregion (which differs in extent) under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for ...
In 1947, a company town was built and, during the 1950s, it was the Pilbara's largest town. The peak population, as recorded by the Australian census conducted on 30 June 1961, was 881 (601 males and 280 females). [9] During the 1950s and early 1960s, Wittenoom was Australia's only supplier of blue asbestos.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Pilbara is one of the nine regions of Western ... Major roads in the Pilbara region of Western Australia; Pilbara historical timeline; A.
The Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The strike lasted between 1946 and 1949, and was the longest industrial action in Australian history. [1] [2] The strike has been noted for its significance for the human rights of Aboriginal Australians. [3]
The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia.It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory.
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration expedition to the northwest.