Pilbara

The Pilbara Strike Summary • Started May 1st 1946 and ended in 1949 • Hundreds of Aboriginal pastoral workers left their work for better pay and conditions • This caused sheep stations to stop production • Strike was organised with no phones or radios • Longest strike in Australian Hisotry • 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers from 27 stations in Western Australia walked away from their job • Predates the Wave Hill strike in NT by 20 years • Sometimes referred to as “Blackfellas’ Eureka” • Wanted the right to elect their own representatives and freedom of movement • Also wanted 30 shillings a week to be minimum wage • Strike was to get more control over their own lives Lead-Up • From 1890s until 1920s it was expected that Aboriginal workers were…

Kalgoorlie – Boulder is Australia's largest outback city with a population of more than 30,000 people. It is the largest urban centre in the Goldfields region and the fifth in Western Australia. Kalgoorlie is located in the Easter Goldfields, which is 596 Km Northeast of Perth. The traditional landowners of Kalgoorlie area are the Maduwangka people and the name “ Kalgoorlie “ is said to mean “ Silky Pear Bush” in the local aboriginal language. European settlement of Kalgoorlie began in…

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga is a city that locate in New South Wales, Australia. Across the Murrumbidgee River, with population of 55,364 people, Wagga Wagga is not only the state's largest inland city, but also an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. Wagga Wagga is the ninth fastest growing inland city in Australia, it is located midway between the two largest cities in Australia:Sydney and Melbourne. This is the Central Business District of Wagga Wagga. It looks flat…

Tinto). Rio Tinto’s business in Western Australia and Canada are expanding and investing in different projects, ensuring that Rio Tinto can position well can earn profit from the big demand from China and other Asia countries. HIsmelt and Pilbara are two…

being used in impact assessment processes and is also helping the company take better decisions with respect to the effect of its mining operations on subterranean fauna. Additionally, the company has optimized the use of native seeds on rehabilitation projects. To achieve the same, BHP Billiton has delivered a seed store, with project-specific seeds and the Pilbara Seed Atlas. This has resulted in major improvements in knowledge, practices and seed management in general. The Pilbara Seed Atlas…

FOR more than two decades Wittenoom in WA’s Pilbara region was a mining stronghold. The small country town which lies around 1400kms northeast of Perth was also, at one stage, the only place in Australia that produced blue asbestos. But when demand for the deadly mineral began to wane and fears of serious health concerns began to emerge, the operation was shut down in 1966. However it was another decade before authorities realised the blue dust that swept throughout the town was extremely…

resources for the future Rio Tinto as a part of global mining group to operate over 40 countries and 50 years around WA area,is participing in theglobal economic deeply and providing iron ore consistently. In Pilbara region of Western Australia, the mine of future is changing the people's life and the improve the supply chain of the opertaion of the world. In the praticing, we could find those part could be the intersection which heading in the future. Improvment of Business model to mine 2.0…

challenges, as well as managed to deliver strong performance. During the recession, capital expenditure was allocated only for the major projects which will bring the substantial growth of a business into the future. During last two years company has announced the further growth of three key projects which are Silvergrass iron ore development in the Pilbara, Oyu Tolgoi underground copper mine development in Mongolia and Amrun bauxite project in Queensland. (2016 full year results, 2017).…

which were sourced from the Pilbara region. This information will be coupled with an exploratory study of the ghost bat diet and a local fauna survey in the vicinity of Drovers Cave to ensure that any ghost bats released would have an adequate food supply. Therefore the main goal of this study is to shed some light on two of the most vital needs of bats: roost site and food (Fenton, 1997; Fenton, 2003). The data obtained in both, natural (Drovers Cave) and captive environments (Perth Zoo) will…

means that people who wouldn’t normally find work were employed. This suggests that the mining boom and its economic growth has played a significant part in making local jobs. This is great for Australia, WA in particular, because it decreases the unemployment rates.The mining boom is nearing it’s end due to the prices of commodities being too low to continue at a fast and hard pace. The loss in jobs means a decrease in population. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures of 2015 show WA's…