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140508PD: Official opening of the Mt Newman Mining Co. iron ore project on Mt Whaleback by the Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck, 26 June 1969
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140509PD: Official opening of the Mt Newman Mining Co. iron ore project on Mt Whaleback by the Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck, 26 June 1969
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140510PD: Houses at Newman at the time of the official opening of the mine on Mt Whaleback, 26 June 1969
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Summary
The Mt. Newman Mining Company iron ore mine on Mt Whaleback was officially opened by the Governor General at the top of Mt Whaleback on 26 June 1969. The 'Boomerang' grandstand was later relocated to the town oval. TVW Channel 7 filmed the event.
Year
1969.
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Title devised by cataloguer. Captions by photographer.
Subjects
- Iron mines and mining -- Western Australia -- Whaleback, Mount -- Photographs.
- Television cameras -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Grandstands -- Western Australia -- Newman -- Photographs.
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