Hamersley Range
Hamersley Range | |
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Paraburdoo, showing part of the Hamersley Range in the background | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Meharry |
Elevation | 1,249 m (4,098 ft) |
Coordinates | 22°58′S 118°35′E / 22.967°S 118.583°E |
Geography | |
Country | Australia |
State | Pilbara |
Range coordinates | 21°53′S 116°46′E / 21.883°S 116.767°E |
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration expedition to the northwest.[1] Karijini National Park (formerly known as Hamersley Range National Park) lies within the range.
History
The
In 1999 a small range within the Hamersley was named the Hancock Range after the Hancock family, who were pioneers in the area. The Hancock range is east of Karijini National Park in a region of broad valleys and peaks that rise to almost 1,200 metres (3,937 ft). The Hancock Range is close to Mulga Downs Station, a property owned by the Hancock family and where Lang Hancock is buried.[3]
Geography
The range runs from the
Karijini National Park (formerly Hamersley National Park), one of Australia's largest national parks, is centred in the range.
Mining
The range contains large deposits of iron ore, producing a large proportion of Australia's iron ore exports. It is predominately associated with banded iron formation.[6][7][8]
Western Australia's major iron producers have mines, communities and railways that occur along the range.
Existence of
Juukan Gorge
A cave in Juukan Gorge, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Mt Tom Price, was one of the oldest in the western Pilbara region, and the only inland site in Australia to show signs of continuous human occupation through the
See also
References
- ^ "North-Western Australia: Gregory's Expedition". Empire. Sydney, NSW. 3 January 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Country and Region". PKKP Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "The naming of Hancock Range within Hamersley Range honours Hancock family". Government of Western Australia. 23 July 1999. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Landgate - Interesting facts about Western Australia". 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Mount Tom Price". 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ MacLeod, W. N. (1966) The geology and iron deposits of the Hamersley Range area. Bulletin Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Geological Survey of Western Australia), No. 117
- ^ "Geology". Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Iron 2002 - Key Iron Deposits of the World - Module 1, Australia". Portergeo.com.au. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Iron fact sheet - Australian Resources and Deposits Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 7 November 2010
- ^ "Rio Tinto Iron Ore - Mining". 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "[Wittenoom, Australia's only blue asbestos mining town, Hamersley Range, Western Australia, 3] [picture]". Trove. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ ADSA. "Wittenoom Tragedy - Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia Inc". www.asbestosdiseases.org.au/. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine". The Guardian. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Perpitch, Nicolas (23 August 2020). "Rio Tinto executives stripped of bonuses over destruction of Juukan Gorge rock shelters". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
Further reading
- Marshall, Lloyd (1966) New Iron Age in the Hamersleys in the Weekend News, Sept. 3, 1966.
- Powell, C. M.; Horwitz, R. C. (1994). Late Archaean and Early Proterozoic tectonics and basin formation of the Hamersley Ranges (PDF). Geological Society of Australia (WA Division), Excursion guidebook 4. ISBN 0-909869-90-1.