Paraburdoo

Paraburdoo
Paraburdoo from the air
State :  Australia State : Western Australia Founded : 1960s
Coordinates : 23 ° 12 ′  S , 117 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 23 ° 12 ′  S , 117 ° 40 ′  E Height : 391  m
Residents : 1,380 (2016)
Time zone : AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6754 LGA : Shire of Ashburton
Paraburdoo

Paraburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region ( Ashburton Shire ) in the Australian state of Western Australia .

location

The miners' settlement with around 1,400 inhabitants (as of 2016) is located in northwest Australia and the state of Western Australia, a good 420 km south of the coast with the (port) towns of Dampier , Karratha and Port Walcott near Wickham on the Indian Ocean .

The Hamersley Range with Mount Bruce (1234 m high) and Mount Meharry (1251 m) extends north of the village. This is also where the Karijini National Park (formerly "Hamersley National Park") is located.

Economy and Transport

The iron ore deposits located here have been mined by the international mining company Rio Tinto Group since the 1960s .

Paraburdoo Airport is about 10 km away .

The place is the end of the railway line Dampier - Tom Price - Paraburdoo, which is used to transport the ore rock.

Web links

Commons : Paraburdoo, Western Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Paraburdoo (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2020.