Aerial Photographs Of The Construction Of The Mt Newman Iron Ore Railroad Newman To Nelson Point (Port Hedland) 1 March 1968

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The Mt Newman Iron Ore Railroad was officially opened by Sir David Brand on 22 Jan. 1969. The Mt Newman Mining Co. iron ore mine is at Mount Whaleback. The venture takes its name from a peak 21km north of Mount Whaleback named after surveyor Aubrey Woodward Newman. (Newman-Nelson Point, 1992, p.2)

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1968.

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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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