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mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="پیلبارا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پیلبارا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%84%EB%B0%94%EB%9D%BC" title="필바라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="필바라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%94" title="פילבארה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פילבארה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="პილბარა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პილბარა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara_r%C3%A9gi%C3%B3" title="Pilbara régió – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pilbara régió" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="بيلبرا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيلبرا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9" title="ピルバラ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ピルバラ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Пилбара – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пилбара" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%A7" title="پیلبێرا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پیلبێرا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Pilbara" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Пілбара – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Пілбара" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9A%AE%E5%B0%94%E5%B8%83%E6%8B%89" title="皮尔布拉 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="皮尔布拉" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span 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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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title="Shire of Ashburton">Shire of Ashburton</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">Shire of East Pilbara</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">City of Karratha</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Town_of_Port_Hedland" title="Town of Port Hedland">Town of Port Hedland</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kimberley" title="Electoral district of Kimberley">Kimberley</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Pilbara" title="Electoral district of Pilbara">Pilbara</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Durack" title="Division of Durack">Durack</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Pilbara</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a large, dry, thinly populated <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Western_Australia" title="Regions of Western Australia">region</a> in the north of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>. It is known for its <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Aboriginal people</a>; its ancient landscapes; the prevailing red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a>. It is also a global <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_hotspot" title="Biodiversity hotspot">biodiversity hotspot</a> for <a href="/wiki/Subterranean_fauna" title="Subterranean fauna">subterranean fauna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions_of_the_Pilbara_region">Definitions of the Pilbara region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definitions of the Pilbara region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilbara_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Pilbara_1.jpg/220px-Pilbara_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Pilbara_1.jpg/330px-Pilbara_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Pilbara_1.jpg/440px-Pilbara_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>North of the Pilbara looking south at the range</figcaption></figure> <p>At least two important but differing definitions of "the Pilbara" region exist. Administratively it is one of the nine regions of Western Australia defined by the <i><a href="/wiki/Regional_Development_Commissions_Act_1993" title="Regional Development Commissions Act 1993">Regional Development Commissions Act 1993</a></i>; the term also refers to the Pilbara shrublands <a href="/wiki/Bioregion" title="Bioregion">bioregion</a> (which differs in extent) under the <a href="/wiki/Interim_Biogeographic_Regionalisation_for_Australia" title="Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia">Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia</a> (IBRA).<sup id="cite_ref-IBRA_5.1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBRA_5.1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IBRA_6.1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBRA_6.1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" width="250px">IBRA region / subregion</th> <th scope="col" width="100px">IBRA code</th> <th scope="col" width="250px">Area</th> <th scope="col" width="75px"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">States</a></th> <th>Location in Australia </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pilbara_shrublands" title="Pilbara shrublands">Pilbara shrublands</a></b></td> <td align="center"><b>PIL</b></td> <td align="right"><b>17,823,126 hectares (44,041,900 acres)</b></td> <td align="center" rowspan="5">WA</td> <td align="center" rowspan="5" colspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png/100px-IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png/150px-IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png/200px-IBRA_6.1_Pilbara.png 2x" data-file-width="1257" data-file-height="986" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chichester_(biogeographic_subregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chichester (biogeographic subregion) (page does not exist)">Chichester</a></td> <td align="center">PIL01</td> <td align="right">8,374,728 hectares (20,694,400 acres) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fortescue_(biogeographic_subregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fortescue (biogeographic subregion) (page does not exist)">Fortescue</a></td> <td align="center">PIL02</td> <td align="right">1,951,435 hectares (4,822,100 acres) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamersley_(biogeographic_subregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamersley (biogeographic subregion) (page does not exist)">Hamersley</a></td> <td align="center">PIL03</td> <td align="right">5,634,727 hectares (13,923,710 acres) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roebourne_(biogeographic_subregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roebourne (biogeographic subregion) (page does not exist)">Roebourne</a></td> <td align="center">PIL04</td> <td align="right">1,862,236 hectares (4,601,690 acres) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamersley_Range,_Pilbara_Region,_Western_Australia.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG/220px-Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG/330px-Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG/440px-Hamersley_Range%2C_Pilbara_Region%2C_Western_Australia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Hamersley Range">Hamersley Range</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilbara,_EN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pilbara%2C_EN.svg/400px-Pilbara%2C_EN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pilbara%2C_EN.svg/600px-Pilbara%2C_EN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pilbara%2C_EN.svg/800px-Pilbara%2C_EN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1190" data-file-height="447" /></a><figcaption>Map of Pilbara</figcaption></figure> <p>The Pilbara region, as defined by the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Development_Commissions_Act_1993" title="Regional Development Commissions Act 1993">Regional Development Commissions Act 1993</a> and administered for economic development purposes by the Pilbara Development Commission,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has an estimated population of 61,688 as of June 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-anrapil_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anrapil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and covers an area of 507,896 square kilometres (196,100 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-rdap_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rdap-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contains some of <a href="/wiki/Oldest_dated_rocks" title="Oldest dated rocks">Earth's oldest rock formations</a>, and includes landscapes of coastal plains and mountain ranges with cliffs and gorges. The major settlements of the region are <a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Karratha">Karratha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newman,_Western_Australia" title="Newman, Western Australia">Newman</a>. The three main ports in this region are Port Hedland, <a href="/wiki/Dampier,_Western_Australia" title="Dampier, Western Australia">Dampier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Walcott" title="Port Walcott">Port Walcott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the <i>Regional Development Commissions Act</i>, Pilbara is situated south of the <a href="/wiki/Kimberley_region_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimberley region of Western Australia">Kimberley</a>, and comprises the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Areas_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Areas of Western Australia">local government areas</a> of Shire of Ashburton, Shire of East Pilbara, City of Karratha Town of Port Hedland. </p><p>The Pilbara region covers an area of 507,896 km<sup>2</sup> (193,826 mi<sup>2</sup>) (including offshore islands), roughly the combined land area of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a> States of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It has a population of more than 45,000,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most of whom live in the western third of the region, in towns such as <a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Karratha">Karratha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wickham,_Western_Australia" title="Wickham, Western Australia">Wickham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newman,_Western_Australia" title="Newman, Western Australia">Newman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marble Bar">Marble Bar</a>. A substantial number of people also work in the region on a <a href="/wiki/Fly-in_fly-out" title="Fly-in fly-out">fly-in/fly-out</a> basis. There are approximately 10 major/medium population centres and more than 25 smaller ones. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karijini8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Karijini8.jpg/220px-Karijini8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Karijini8.jpg/330px-Karijini8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Karijini8.jpg/440px-Karijini8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption>Weano Gorge in Karijini National Park</figcaption></figure> <p>The Pilbara consists of three distinct geographic areas. The western third is the Roebourne coastal sandplain, which supports most of the region's population in towns and much of its industry and commerce. The eastern third is almost entirely desert, and is sparsely populated by a small number of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal</a> people. The two areas are separated by the inland uplands of the <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_Craton" title="Pilbara Craton">Pilbara Craton</a>, including the predominant <a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Hamersley Range">Hamersley Range</a>, which has numerous mining towns, the <a href="/wiki/Chichester_Range" title="Chichester Range">Chichester Range</a>, and others.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Other what? (November 2024)">ambiguous</span></a></i>]</sup> The uplands have many gorges and other natural attractions. </p><p>The Pilbara contains some of the world's oldest surface rocks, including the ancient fossilised remains known as <a href="/wiki/Stromatolites" class="mw-redirect" title="Stromatolites">stromatolites</a> and rocks such as <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granites</a> that are more than three billion years old. In 2007, some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth was found in 3.4 billion-year-old sandstones at <a href="/wiki/Strelley_Pool" class="mw-redirect" title="Strelley Pool">Strelley Pool</a>, which preserve fossils of <a href="/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulphur</a>-processing bacteria.<sup id="cite_ref-sulphurbacteria_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sulphurbacteria-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mineralised spheres, which were found on an ancient beach and have a cell-like <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">morphology</a>, were chemically analysed, revealing that they used sulphur for fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-woff_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woff-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An extinct genus of stromatolite-forming <a href="/wiki/Cyanobacteria" title="Cyanobacteria">cyanobacteria</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pilbaria" title="Pilbaria">Pilbaria</a></i>, was named after the region, where the <a href="/wiki/Type_(biology)" title="Type (biology)">type specimen</a> was found.<sup id="cite_ref-PALASS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PALASS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_centres_and_localities">Urban centres and localities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Urban centres and localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Rank</th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Urban centres and localities">UCL</abbr></th> <th rowspan="2">LGA</th> <th colspan="10">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Australian census">2001 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Australian census">2006 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Australian census">2011 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td align="right">10,730</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL512800">[1]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">11,728</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL512800">[2]</a></td> <td align="right">16,475</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL513003">[3]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">15,828</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL513003">[4]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">17,013</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL513003">[5]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Port_Hedland" title="Town of Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a></td> <td align="right">12,695</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL523600">[6]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">11,557</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL523600">[7]</a></td> <td align="right">13,772</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL513004">[8]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">13,828</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL513004">[9]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">15,298</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL513004">[10]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newman,_Western_Australia" title="Newman, Western Australia">Newman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">East Pilbara</a></td> <td align="right">3,516</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL520800">[11]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">4,245</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL520800">[12]</a></td> <td align="right">5,478</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL514004">[13]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">4,567</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515027">[14]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">4,239</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515028">[15]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Price,_Western_Australia" title="Tom Price, Western Australia">Tom Price</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Ashburton</a></td> <td align="right">3,095</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL526400">[16]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">2,721</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL526400">[17]</a></td> <td align="right">3,134</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515028">[18]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">2,956</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515031">[19]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">2,874</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515033">[20]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wickham,_Western_Australia" title="Wickham, Western Australia">Wickham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td align="right">1,724</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL528400">[21]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,825</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL528400">[22]</a></td> <td align="right">1,651</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515032">[23]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,572</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515035">[24]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">2,016</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515037">[25]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paraburdoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraburdoo">Paraburdoo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Ashburton</a></td> <td align="right">1,202</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL522200">[26]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,607</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL522200">[27]</a></td> <td align="right">1,509</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515025">[28]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,359</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515028">[29]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,319</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515029">[30]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dampier,_Western_Australia" title="Dampier, Western Australia">Dampier</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td align="right">1,469</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL506200">[31]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,370</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL506200">[32]</a></td> <td align="right">1,341</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515006">[33]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,104</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515008">[34]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,282</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515008">[35]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Onslow,_Western_Australia" title="Onslow, Western Australia">Onslow</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Ashburton</a></td> <td align="right">802</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL521800">[36]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">576</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL521800">[37]</a></td> <td align="right">667</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521046">[38]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">848</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521047">[39]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">813</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521040">[40]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roebourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Roebourne">Roebourne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td align="right">950</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL524800">[41]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">857</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL524800">[42]</a></td> <td align="right">813</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521051">[43]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">627</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521052">[44]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">700</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521046">[45]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pannawonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Pannawonica">Pannawonica</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Ashburton</a></td> <td align="right">618</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL522000">[46]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">686</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL522000">[47]</a></td> <td align="right">651</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521047">[48]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">695</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521048">[49]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">685</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521041">[50]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jigalong" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigalong">Jigalong</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">East Pilbara</a></td> <td align="right">300</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL511900">[51]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">273</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL511900">[52]</a></td> <td align="right">357</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522028">[53]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">333</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522029">[54]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">289</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522031">[55]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_Samson" class="mw-redirect" title="Point Samson">Point Samson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a></td> <td align="right">322</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL523500">[56]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">274</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL523500">[57]</a></td> <td align="right">298</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522048">[58]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">211</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522051">[59]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">235</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522055">[60]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiwirrkurra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiwirrkurra">Kiwirrkurra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">East Pilbara</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td align="right">216</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL522031">[61]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">165</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522032">[62]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">180</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522034">[63]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marble Bar">Marble Bar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">East Pilbara</a></td> <td align="right">234</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL517200">[64]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">194</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL517200">[65]</a></td> <td align="right">208</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522039">[66]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">174</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522039">[67]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">153</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522044">[68]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td align="right">178</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522065">[69]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">194</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522047">[70]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">147</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522052">[71]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362696#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pilbara region, under the Pilbara Development Commission, contains four <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">local government areas</a>: </p> <dl><dd>Ashburton – <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Shire of Ashburton</a></dd> <dd>East Pilbara – <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">Shire of East Pilbara</a></dd> <dd>Karratha – <a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">City of Karratha</a></dd> <dd>Port Hedland – <a href="/wiki/Town_of_Port_Hedland" title="Town of Port Hedland">Town of Port Hedland</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre <i>Wangka Maya</i>, the name for the Pilbara region derives from the Aboriginal word <i>bilybara</i>, meaning "dry" in the <a href="/wiki/Nyamal" title="Nyamal">Nyamal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panyjima_language" title="Panyjima language">Banyjima</a> languages.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another suggested origin is <i>pilbarra</i>, an Aboriginal word for the salt-water <a href="/wiki/Mullet_(fish)" title="Mullet (fish)">mullet</a> found in local waters, reflected in the name of a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Yule_River" title="Yule River">Yule River</a>, Pilbarra Creek, which evolved to "Pilbara" Creek.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pilbara_place_names_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pilbara_place_names-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pilbara Goldfield, discovered in 1885, was named after the creek, and the name later became associated with the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Pilbara_place_names_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pilbara_place_names-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Op_hurricane.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nuclear test mushroom cloud" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Op_hurricane.jpg/220px-Op_hurricane.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Op_hurricane.jpg/330px-Op_hurricane.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Op_hurricane.jpg/440px-Op_hurricane.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mushroom_cloud" title="Mushroom cloud">mushroom cloud</a> resulting from the Operation Hurricane detonation</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">Radiocarbon dating</a> estimates in evidence show that <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_rock_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal rock art">rock art</a> and standing stones at <a href="/wiki/Murujuga" title="Murujuga">Murujuga</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dampier_Archipelago" title="Dampier Archipelago">Dampier Archipelago</a>, Australia's earliest known stone structures, believably dating from 6046 to 5338 BC, are of contextualization by thousands of years of unique cultural traditions and <a href="/wiki/Australian_folklore" title="Australian folklore">folklore</a>. These sites have lived up as part of survival in present times. </p><p>The first European to explore the area was <a href="/wiki/Francis_Thomas_Gregory" title="Francis Thomas Gregory">Francis Thomas Gregory</a> in 1861. Within two years, European settlers had begun arriving. The region was regarded as part of the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Australia" title="North West Australia">North West</a> at first – a larger area that included the modern Kimberley and Gascoyne regions. </p><p>Settlements along the coast at <a href="/wiki/Cossack,_Western_Australia" title="Cossack, Western Australia">Tien Tsin Harbour</a> (later Cossack), <a href="/wiki/Roebourne,_Western_Australia" title="Roebourne, Western Australia">Roebourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Condon,_Western_Australia" title="Condon, Western Australia">Condon</a> (officially Shellborough; later abandoned) were established over ensuing decades, mainly as centres of the <a href="/wiki/Station_(Australian_agriculture)" title="Station (Australian agriculture)">rangeland livestock</a> (grazing/pastoral) industry or <a href="/wiki/Pearling_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearling industry">pearling ports</a>. However, as natural <a href="/wiki/Mother_of_pearl" class="mw-redirect" title="Mother of pearl">mother of pearl</a> beds around Cossack were fished out, the pearling fleet began to move northward, and by 1883 it was based at Broome, in the Kimberley region. From <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1900</span>, pastoralism went into decline with the growth of other, more productive agricultural areas of the state. </p><p>Mining in the region started on 1 October 1888, when the Pilbara Goldfield was officially declared – named after a local creek, the goldfield would later give its name to the region as a whole. It was later divided into the <a href="/wiki/Nullagine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nullagine">Nullagine</a> Goldfield and <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marble Bar">Marble Bar</a> Goldfield. However, gold mining began to decline in the Pilbara in the mid-1890s, after <a href="/wiki/Alluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial">alluvial</a> ore had been exhausted. In 1937, mining of <a href="/wiki/Asbestos" title="Asbestos">asbestos</a> commenced at <a href="/wiki/Wittenoom_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Wittenoom Gorge">Wittenoom Gorge</a>. While the presence of abundant <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> had been known for about a century, it was not until the 1960s and the discovery of high-grade ore in the <a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Hamersley Range">Hamersley Ranges</a> that the area became pivotal to the state's economy, and towns built to accommodate mining and allied services boomed.<sup id="cite_ref-discover_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discover-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, three <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_tests_in_Australia#Monte_Bello_Islands" title="Nuclear weapons tests in Australia">British nuclear weapons tests</a> were carried out in the <a href="/wiki/Montebello_Islands" title="Montebello Islands">Montebello Islands</a>, 130 km (81 mi) off the Pilbara coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aboriginal_people">Aboriginal people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aboriginal people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Western_Australians" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Western Australians">Aboriginal Western Australians</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Australian">Aboriginal</a> population of the Pilbara considerably predates, by 30,000 to 40,000 years, the European colonisation of the region. <a href="/wiki/Archaeological" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeological">Archaeological</a> evidence indicates that people were living in the Pilbara even during the harsh climatic conditions of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" title="Last Glacial Maximum">Last Glacial Maximum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-marwick2002_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marwick2002-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The early history of the first people is held within an <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">oral tradition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archeological" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeological">archeological</a> evidence and <a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">petroglyphs</a>. Near the town of Dampier is a peninsula known as <a href="/wiki/Murujuga" title="Murujuga">Murujuga</a>, which contains a large collection of World Heritage-listed petroglyphs, dating back thousands of years. <a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">Rock art</a> in the Pilbara appears to have been mainly etched into the hard rock surfaces, whereas on the softer sandstone in the Kimberley rock paintings predominate. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burrup_rock_art.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Burrup_rock_art.JPG/220px-Burrup_rock_art.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Burrup_rock_art.JPG/330px-Burrup_rock_art.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Burrup_rock_art.JPG/440px-Burrup_rock_art.JPG 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>Burrup rock art</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Working conditions in the pearling and pastoral industries for Aboriginal people in the Pilbara region around 1900 have been described as <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Australia" title="Slavery in Australia">slavery</a>, with no wages paid, kidnapping as well as severe and cruel punishments for misbehaviour and absconding all common practices.<sup id="cite_ref-eie_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eie-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some incidents, such as the <a href="/wiki/Bendu_case" title="Bendu case">Bendu Atrocity</a> of 1897, attracted international condemnation. The first strike by Indigenous people in Australia took place in 1946 in the Pilbara, known as the <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_strike" title="Pilbara strike">Pilbara strike</a> or Pilbara Aboriginal strike, when Aboriginal pastoral workers walked off the stations in protest at low pay and bad working conditions, a strike that lasted for over three years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Family clans in the Pilbara who were supported by mining prospector, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_McLeod_(Aboriginal_rights_activist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don McLeod (Aboriginal rights activist) (page does not exist)">Don McLeod</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> developed skills for mining and the concentration of <a href="/wiki/Precious_metal" title="Precious metal">rare metals</a>. For a short period money accumulated, which according to Aboriginal law was to be used for traditional ways. Eventually the funds were used to establish an independent Aboriginal-controlled school.<sup id="cite_ref-aais_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aais-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept has expanded into a movement with around 20 similar schools established in northern Western Australia by the mid-1990s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Richardson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Richardson (page does not exist)">Jan Richardson</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victorian</a> Aboriginal activist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stan_Davey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stan Davey (page does not exist)">Stan Davey</a>, wrote a biography of McLeod as a <a href="/wiki/Doctoral_thesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctoral thesis">doctoral thesis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-monash.edu_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monash.edu-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, it was estimated that 15% of the population of the Pilbara identify as <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_and/or_Torres_Strait_Islander_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people">Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people</a>, approximately 6000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Pilbara communities face the many complex effects of colonisation, and lack adequate access to housing, health and education.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1971 survey of 1000 Aboriginal people conducted by Pat McPherson found that most had one or more serious diseases.<sup id="cite_ref-aass_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aass-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/McClelland_Royal_Commission" title="McClelland Royal Commission">McClelland Royal Commission</a> into British nuclear testing, Aboriginal people from the Pilbara provided evidence regarding the explosion on the Montebello Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-bpnta_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpnta-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aboriginal communities are sited over a number of different places.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many have poor infrastructure,<sup id="cite_ref-dia.wa.gov.au_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dia.wa.gov.au-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and relations between police and Aboriginal people are often tense.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg/220px-Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg/330px-Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg/440px-Tropical_Cyclone_Fay_27_mar_2004_0220Z.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="7800" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Terra_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Terra satellite">Terra satellite</a> captured this image of <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Fay" title="Cyclone Fay">Cyclone Fay</a>, over the Western Australian coast on 27 March 2004.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg/220px-Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg/330px-Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg/440px-Maitland_River_bridge_Western_Australia_2004-04-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1523" data-file-height="672" /></a><figcaption>300m of <a href="/wiki/North_West_Coastal_Highway" title="North West Coastal Highway">North West Coastal Highway</a> approaches to the <a href="/wiki/Maitland_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Maitland River (Western Australia)">Maitland River</a> bridge were destroyed during <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Monty" title="Cyclone Monty">Cyclone Monty</a> in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>The climate of the Pilbara is <a href="/wiki/Arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid">arid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-anrapil_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anrapil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It experiences high temperatures and low irregular rainfall that follows the summer <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclones</a>. During the summer months, maximum temperatures exceed 32 °C (90 °F) almost every day, and temperatures in excess of 45 °C (113 °F) are not uncommon. Winter temperatures rarely drop below 10 °C (50 °F) on the coast; however, inland temperatures as low as 0 °C (32 °F) are occasionally recorded. </p><p>The Pilbara town of <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marble Bar">Marble Bar</a> set a world record of most consecutive days of maximum <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperatures</a> of 100 degrees <a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit" title="Fahrenheit">Fahrenheit</a> (37.8 degrees <a href="/wiki/Celsius" title="Celsius">Celsius</a>) or more, during a period of 160 such days from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-climateextremes_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climateextremes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average annual rainfall in the region is between 200 and 350 millimetres (7.9 and 13.8 in).<sup id="cite_ref-anrapil_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anrapil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost all of the Pilbara's rainfall occurs between December and May, usually with occasional heavy downpours in <a href="/wiki/Thunderstorm" title="Thunderstorm">thunderstorms</a> or tropical cyclones. The period from June to November is usually completely rainless, with warm to very hot and sunny conditions. Like most of the north coast of Australia, the coastal areas of the Pilbara experience occasional tropical cyclones. The frequency of cyclones crossing the Pilbara coast is about 7 every 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-anrapil_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anrapil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the low population density in the Pilbara region, cyclones rarely cause large scale destruction or loss of life. </p> <div style="width:75%;"> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Port Hedland (Coastal) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #970000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(120.2) </td> <td style="background: #A20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48.2<br />(118.8) </td> <td style="background: #C20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(114.6) </td> <td style="background: #F20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.4<br />(108.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(101.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.4<br />(93.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #F50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(108.0) </td> <td style="background: #B40000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.9<br />(116.4) </td> <td style="background: #AD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(117.3) </td> <td style="background: #A60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(118.2) </td> <td style="background: #970000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.0<br />(120.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(94.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.2<br />(2.45) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.8<br />(3.73) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.1<br />(1.97) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(0.88) </td> <td style="background: #D6FFD6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(1.06) </td> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(0.81) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(0.44) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(0.19) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(0.11) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(0.70) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">314.4<br />(12.38) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Bureau of Meteorology<sup id="cite_ref-bom_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bom-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div style="width:75%;"> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Newman (Inland) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(116.6) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(114.8) </td> <td style="background: #E60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(109.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.4<br />(104.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(93.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #EB0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.9<br />(109.2) </td> <td style="background: #DD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.9<br />(111.0) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(113.0) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.0<br />(116.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(96.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.2<br />(2.25) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(3.11) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.7<br />(1.64) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(0.72) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(0.73) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(0.57) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(0.59) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(0.30) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(0.19) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(0.41) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(1.47) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">312.0<br />(12.28) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is known for its <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> and iron ore deposits, which contribute significantly to <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Australia" title="Economy of Australia">Australia's</a> economy. Other than mining, pastoral activities as well as fishing and tourism are the main industries.<sup id="cite_ref-deph_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deph-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pilbara's economy is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> exports and <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> export industries.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s the area was known for union militancy with many strikes and some mines operating as fully unionised 'closed shops.' This was challenged by employers from the mid-1980s onwards and the region now has a very low level of union membership compared to other parts of Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_ore">Iron ore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Iron ore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg/220px-Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg/330px-Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg/440px-Paraburdoo_mine_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paraburdoo_mine" title="Paraburdoo mine">Paraburdoo mine</a> aerial</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brockman_4_Plant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Brockman_4_Plant.jpg/220px-Brockman_4_Plant.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Brockman_4_Plant.jpg/330px-Brockman_4_Plant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Brockman_4_Plant.jpg/440px-Brockman_4_Plant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Plant, <a href="/wiki/Brockman_4_mine" title="Brockman 4 mine">Brockman 4 mine</a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jasperlite_(iron_formation)_Melbourne_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg/220px-Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg/330px-Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg/440px-Jasperlite_%28iron_formation%29_Melbourne_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jaspillite" title="Jaspillite">Jaspillite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Banded_iron_formation" title="Banded iron formation">banded iron formation</a>) specimen from the Ord-Ridley Ranges, Pardoo, Pilbara</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> is mined in the Pilbara, with mines mostly centred around <a href="/wiki/Tom_Price,_Western_Australia" title="Tom Price, Western Australia">Tom Price</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newman,_Western_Australia" title="Newman, Western Australia">Newman</a>. The iron ore industry employs 9,000 people from the Pilbara area. The Pilbara also has one of the world's major <a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a> mines, Woodie Woodie, situated 400 kilometres (250 mi) southeast of Port Hedland. </p><p>Iron ore deposits were first discovered by prospector Stan Hilditch, who in 1957 found a large iron ore deposit in the southern <a href="/wiki/Ophthalmia_Range" title="Ophthalmia Range">Ophthalmia Range</a>, at what was to become the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Whaleback_mine" title="Mount Whaleback mine">Mount Whaleback mine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, it was reportedly called "one of the most massive ore bodies in the world" by Thomas Price, then vice president of US-based steel company Kaiser Steel. <a href="/wiki/Geoscience_Australia" title="Geoscience Australia">Geoscience Australia</a> calculated that the country's "<a href="/wiki/Economic_demonstrated_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic demonstrated resources">economic demonstrated resources</a>" of iron amounted to 24 gigatonnes, or 24 billion tonnes. According to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Agricultural_and_Resource_Economics" title="Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics">Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics</a>, as of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, that resource is being used up at a rate of 324 million tonnes a year, with rates expected to increase over coming years. Experts <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Mudd" title="Gavin Mudd">Gavin Mudd</a> (<a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a>) and Jonathon Law (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation">Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation</a>) expect it to be gone within 30 to 50 years (Mudd) and 56 years (Law).<sup id="cite_ref-Pincock_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pincock-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, active iron ore mines in the Pilbara are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortescue_railway#BC_Iron_mine" title="Fortescue railway">BC Iron</a> <ul><li>Iron Valley mine</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BHP" title="BHP">BHP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_C_mine" title="Area C mine">Area C mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimblebar_mine" title="Jimblebar mine">Jimblebar mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Whaleback_mine" title="Mount Whaleback mine">Mount Whaleback mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orebodies_18,_23_and_25_mine" title="Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine">Orebodies 18, 23 and 25 mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandi_mine" title="Yandi mine">Yandi mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrie_mine" title="Yarrie mine">Yarrie mine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortescue_Metals_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortescue Metals Group">Fortescue Metals Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Creek_mine" title="Christmas Creek mine">Christmas Creek mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Break_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloud Break mine">Cloud Break mine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(corporation)" title="Rio Tinto (corporation)">Rio Tinto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brockman_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Brockman mine">Brockman mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brockman_4_mine" title="Brockman 4 mine">Brockman 4 mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channar_mine" title="Channar mine">Channar mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Range_mine" title="Eastern Range mine">Eastern Range mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Downs_mine" title="Hope Downs mine">Hope Downs mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marandoo_mine" title="Marandoo mine">Marandoo mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_A_mine" title="Mesa A mine">Mesa A mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_J_mine" title="Mesa J mine">Mesa J mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Tom_Price_mine" title="Mount Tom Price mine">Mount Tom Price mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nammuldi_mine" title="Nammuldi mine">Nammuldi mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraburdoo_mine" title="Paraburdoo mine">Paraburdoo mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Angelas_mine" title="West Angelas mine">West Angelas mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandicoogina_mine" title="Yandicoogina mine">Yandicoogina mine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Iron" title="Atlas Iron">Atlas Iron</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pardoo_mine" title="Pardoo mine">Pardoo mine</a></li></ul></li> <li>Moly Mines <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spinifex_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinifex Ridge">Spinifex Ridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum">molybdenum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liquified_natural_gas">Liquified natural gas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Liquified natural gas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A significant part of Pilbara's economy is based on <a href="/wiki/Liquified_natural_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquified natural gas">liquified natural gas</a> (LNG) through the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Shelf_Venture" title="North West Shelf Venture">North West Shelf Venture</a> and Pluto LNG plant, both operated by Woodside. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG/220px-Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG/330px-Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG/440px-Millstream-Chichester_National_Park_DSC04096.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="530" /></a><figcaption>Millstream Homestead in <a href="/wiki/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Millstream-Chichester National Park">Millstream-Chichester National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The region also has a number of cattle-grazing stations, and a substantial tourist sector, with popular natural attractions including the <a href="/wiki/Karijini_National_Park" title="Karijini National Park">Karijini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Millstream-Chichester National Park">Millstream-Chichester</a> national parks and the <a href="/wiki/Dampier_Archipelago" title="Dampier Archipelago">Dampier Archipelago</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Hedland,_Western_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/220px-Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/330px-Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg/440px-Port_Hedland%2C_Western_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1860" data-file-height="1395" /></a><figcaption>BHP iron ore train arriving at Port Hedland</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Railways_in_the_Pilbara" title="Railways in the Pilbara">Railways in the Pilbara</a></div> <p>The first railway in the Pilbara region was the <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railway">narrow-gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar_Railway" title="Marble Bar Railway">Marble Bar Railway</a> between <a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marble Bar">Marble Bar</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Marble_Bar_Railway" title="Marble Bar Railway">Marble Bar Railway</a> opened in July 1911 and closed in October 1951. The Roebourne-Cossack Tramway opened in 1897 and many industrial railways have been built to serve the mines.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five heavy-duty railways are associated with the various iron-ore mines. They are all <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> and built to the heaviest North American standards. Rio Tinto runs <a href="/wiki/Automatic_train_operation" title="Automatic train operation">driverless trains</a> on its railways.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ports">Ports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ports of the Pilbara are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a> <ul><li>Nelson Point and Finucane Island (operated by <a href="/wiki/BHP" title="BHP">BHP</a>)</li> <li>Herb Elliott Port (operated by the <a href="/wiki/Fortescue_Metals_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortescue Metals Group">Fortescue Metals Group</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dampier,_Western_Australia" title="Dampier, Western Australia">Dampier</a> (operated by <a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(corporation)" title="Rio Tinto (corporation)">Rio Tinto</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Lambert" title="Cape Lambert">Cape Lambert</a> (operated by Rio Tinto)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anketell_Port" title="Anketell Port">Anketell Port</a> (under development)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terrestrial">Terrestrial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Terrestrial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_shrublands" title="Pilbara shrublands">Pilbara shrublands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karijini1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karijini1.jpg/220px-Karijini1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karijini1.jpg/330px-Karijini1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karijini1.jpg/440px-Karijini1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption>The vibrant colours of the outback in <a href="/wiki/Karijini_National_Park" title="Karijini National Park">Karijini National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The dominant flora of the Pilbara is <a href="/wiki/Acacia" title="Acacia">acacia</a> trees and shrubs and drought-resistant <a href="/wiki/Triodia_(plant_genus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triodia (plant genus)">Triodia</a> <i>spinifex</i> grasses. Several species of acacia (wattle) trees are endemic to the Pilbara and are the focus of conservation programs, along with wildflowers and other local specialities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/Fairy_circle_(arid_grass_formation)" title="Fairy circle (arid grass formation)">Fairy circles</a>" (known as "linyji" in the <a href="/wiki/Manyjilyjarra_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Manyjilyjarra language">Manyjilyjarra language</a> and "mingkirri" in the <a href="/wiki/Warlpiri_language" title="Warlpiri language">Warlpiri language</a>) which are circular patches of land barren of plants, varying between 2 and 12 metres (7 and 39 ft) in diameter and often encircled by a ring of stimulated growth of grass, are found in the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sandy_Desert" title="Great Sandy Desert">Great Sandy Desert</a> in the Pilbara. It has not yet been proven what causes these formations, but one theory suggests that they have been built and inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Australian_harvester_termite" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian harvester termite">Australian harvester termites</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-walsh2023_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walsh2023-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-angeloni2023_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angeloni2023-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pilbara is home to a wide variety of endemic species adapted to this tough environment. There is a high diversity of invertebrates, including hundreds of species of <a href="/wiki/Subterranean_fauna" title="Subterranean fauna">subterranean fauna</a> (both <a href="/wiki/Stygofauna" title="Stygofauna">stygofauna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Troglofauna" title="Troglofauna">troglofauna</a>), which are microscopic invertebrates that live in caves, <a href="/wiki/Vug" title="Vug">vugs</a> or groundwater <a href="/wiki/Aquifers" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquifers">aquifers</a> of the region, and terrestrial fauna (see <a href="/wiki/Short-range_endemic_invertebrates" title="Short-range endemic invertebrates">short-range endemic invertebrates</a>). The Pilbara <a href="/wiki/Liasis_olivaceus_barroni" title="Liasis olivaceus barroni">olive python</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Western_pebble-mound_mouse" title="Western pebble-mound mouse">western pebble-mound mouse</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_ningaui" title="Pilbara ningaui">Pilbara ningaui</a> of the Hamersley Range are among the many species of animals within the fragile ecosystems of this desert ecoregion. Birds include the <a href="/wiki/Australian_hobby" title="Australian hobby">Australian hobby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nankeen_kestrel" title="Nankeen kestrel">nankeen kestrel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spotted_harrier" title="Spotted harrier">spotted harrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mulga_parrot" title="Mulga parrot">mulga parrot</a> and <a href="/wiki/Budgerigar" title="Budgerigar">budgerigars</a>. </p><p>Wildlife has been damaged by the extraction of iron, natural gas and asbestos, but the protection of culturally and environmentally sensitive areas of the Pilbara is now enhanced by the delineation of several protected areas, including the <a href="/wiki/Millstream-Chichester_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Millstream-Chichester National Park">Millstream-Chichester</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Karijini_National_Park" title="Karijini National Park">Karijini National Parks</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freshwater">Freshwater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Freshwater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_freshwater_ecoregion" title="Pilbara freshwater ecoregion">Pilbara freshwater ecoregion</a></div> <p>The western Pilbara is part of the <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_freshwater_ecoregion" title="Pilbara freshwater ecoregion">Pilbara freshwater ecoregion</a>, also known as the Pilbara-Gascoyne or Indian Ocean drainage basin. The freshwater region is characterized by <a href="/wiki/Intermittent_river" title="Intermittent river">intermittent rivers</a> which form deep gorges, and brackish-water caves that host endemic species. The region includes the drainages of the <a href="/wiki/Murchison_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Murchison River (Western Australia)">Murchison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gascoyne_River" title="Gascoyne River">Gascoyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashburton_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Ashburton River (Western Australia)">Ashburton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fortescue_River" title="Fortescue River">Fortescue</a>, and <a href="/wiki/De_Grey_River" title="De Grey River">De Grey</a> rivers. The Great Sandy Desert, which covers the eastern Pilbara, has little freshwater habitat.<sup id="cite_ref-pilbara_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pilbara-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pilbara&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Mines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Creek_mine" title="Christmas Creek mine">Christmas Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloudbreak_mine" title="Cloudbreak mine">Cloudbreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliwana_mine" title="Eliwana mine">Eliwana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firetail_mine" title="Firetail mine">Firetail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Valley_mine_(Western_Australia)" title="Kings Valley mine (Western Australia)">Kings Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(corporation)" title="Rio Tinto (corporation)">Rio Tinto</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nammuldi_mine" title="Nammuldi mine">Nammuldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraburdoo_mine" title="Paraburdoo mine">Paraburdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silvergrass_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silvergrass mine (page does not exist)">Silvergrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Angelas_mine" title="West Angelas mine">West Angelas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Turner_Syncline_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Western Turner Syncline mine (page does not exist)">Western Turner Syncline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandicoogina_mine" title="Yandicoogina mine">Yandicoogina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hancock_Prospecting" title="Hancock Prospecting">Hancock Prospecting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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