Cockatoo Island is an island in the Buccaneer Archipelago off the coast of Western Australia near the town of Derby. It was mined for iron ore by BHP from 1951 until 1984. Koolan Island is a neighbour
Cockatoo Island approached by air from the south-west. The mine working along western edge of the island and the townsite at the northern end (left of photo) are visible.
Buccaneer Archipelago
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The Whyalla Steelworks is a fully integrated steelworks and the only manufacturer of rail in Australia. It produces 75% of all structural steel in Australia. Iron ore is mined in the Middleback Range
Cockatoo Island (Western Australia)
…township. Iron ore mining began in 1951. The first shipment of iron ore from the island was made in the vessel Iron Yampi, which was purpose-built at the Whyalla shipyard. It was one of a fleet of four bulk-carriers built to transport the ore for smelting at Australian steelworks. Iron Kimberley was another of them. In…
The Whyalla Steelworks c. 2009
HMAS Whyalla was built at the BHP shipyards and now sits ashore adjacent to the Whyalla Visitors Centre
Morgan on the Murray River: the majority of the steelworks' water is pumped to Whyalla from here
The rooftops of Whyalla are often pink with dust from the Whyalla Steelworks