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Summary
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)
Year
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.
Subjects
- Mine railroads -- Design and construction -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Aerial photographs.
- Labor camps -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Aerial photographs.
- Quarries and quarrying -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Aerial photographs.
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