Paraburdoo, Western Australia
Paraburdoo is a mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The name of the town comes from an Aboriginal word said to mean "feathered meat", which could refer to abundant Little corella or flock pigeons . It could also mean Rock Cave to refer to caves nearby. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley Iron's local iron ore mining operations, and was gazetted as a town in 1972. The region is served by Paraburdoo Airport,... Show more which is situated 9 kilometres from the town. The town provides housing to workers of the three nearby Rio Tinto mines, those being the Channar, Eastern Range and Paraburdoo mine.Paraburdoo is located 1,528 kilometres north of Perth, 24 kilometres north of the Tropic of Capricorn, nearly 300 kilometres from the coast, and 424 metres above sea level.Most of the town's residents are employed by Pilbara Iron's mining operation and the supporting...