Aerial Photographs Of Damage Caused To The Construction Of Iron Mining Facilities At King Bay (Dampier) And The Dampier-Tom Price Railway By Cyclone Shirley 3 April 1966

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Summary

Cyclone Shirley crossed the coast at King Bay on 2 April 1966 with winds up to 204km/hr causing damage to the iron mines, port construction and railways being built for the iron mining industry in the region. Construction under way for the iron ore mining facilities at King Bay to receive ore from Mt Tom Price for Hamersley Iron which will be railed to King Bay. Originally King Bay was to be the township also, but later the town was built at what became Dampier. (At the beginning, King Bay, Dampier by Marie Dickson)

Year

1966.

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Title from label on photograph envelope. This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest. All images may only be reproduced with the acknowledgement: Courtesy of Aerial Surveys Australia.

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BA1475/7597-7613,7617-7653

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