#pilbara — Public Fediverse posts
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Imagine discovering one of the world’s greatest iron ore provinces, then somehow ending up with a fortune without actually owning or mining the ore.
That’s the Hancock story.
Australia’s Pilbara now generates around $138 billion a year in iron ore exports, while the public gets to watch enormous private fortunes being built from resources that belong, in theory, to all of us.
And then there’s Wittenoom — the town Hancock sold, now erased from the map, with millions of tonnes of deadly blue asbestos still sitting in the gorge.
A fascinating story of geology, ambition, legal battles and, ultimately, who gets to profit when private interests meet public resources.Perhaps the real Australian mining tradition isn’t “dig it up and sell it”.
It’s “find it, get the rights, and make sure the money flows upward.” -
Imagine discovering one of the world’s greatest iron ore provinces, then somehow ending up with a fortune without actually owning or mining the ore.
That’s the Hancock story.
Australia’s Pilbara now generates around $138 billion a year in iron ore exports, while the public gets to watch enormous private fortunes being built from resources that belong, in theory, to all of us.
And then there’s Wittenoom — the town Hancock sold, now erased from the map, with millions of tonnes of deadly blue asbestos still sitting in the gorge.
A fascinating story of geology, ambition, legal battles and, ultimately, who gets to profit when private interests meet public resources.Perhaps the real Australian mining tradition isn’t “dig it up and sell it”.
It’s “find it, get the rights, and make sure the money flows upward.” -
The full story of the Juukan Gorge sacred site disaster and aftermath
This video offers detailed context on the Juukan Gorge blast and the cultural impact on Traditional Owners.
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The full story of the Juukan Gorge sacred site disaster and aftermath
This video offers detailed context on the Juukan Gorge blast and the cultural impact on Traditional Owners.
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When places like the Pilbara are blasted, pulverized, and reduced to shipping cargo, Traditional Owners often talk about the deep spiritual grief of taking country apart. After the destruction of places like Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, elders specifically spoke about how the country itself loses its anchor, and how disturbing those ancient sites agitates the spirits of the ancestors who dwell there.
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When places like the Pilbara are blasted, pulverized, and reduced to shipping cargo, Traditional Owners often talk about the deep spiritual grief of taking country apart. After the destruction of places like Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, elders specifically spoke about how the country itself loses its anchor, and how disturbing those ancient sites agitates the spirits of the ancestors who dwell there.
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In traditional Aboriginal belief, the land isn't just an object, resource, or backdrop; it is the body of the Ancestors. The rocks, the red dust, and the caves are where ancestral spirits reside, carrying thousands of generations of DNA, stories, and history.
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In traditional Aboriginal belief, the land isn't just an object, resource, or backdrop; it is the body of the Ancestors. The rocks, the red dust, and the caves are where ancestral spirits reside, carrying thousands of generations of DNA, stories, and history.
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So when you see those mountains of red earth piled up in Qingdao, you are essentially looking at pulverized Bilybara—literally, bits of Nyiyaparli, Yindjibarndi, and Banyjima country shipped across the ocean.
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So when you see those mountains of red earth piled up in Qingdao, you are essentially looking at pulverized Bilybara—literally, bits of Nyiyaparli, Yindjibarndi, and Banyjima country shipped across the ocean.
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Nyiyaparli Country (around Newman and major inland mining hubs like Mount Whaleback).
Yindjibarndi Country and Kurrama Country (spanning the Hamersley Range and Fortescue River areas).
Banyjima Country (central inland Pilbara).
Nyamal and Ngarluma Country (stretching toward the coast and port infrastructure).
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Nyiyaparli Country (around Newman and major inland mining hubs like Mount Whaleback).
Yindjibarndi Country and Kurrama Country (spanning the Hamersley Range and Fortescue River areas).
Banyjima Country (central inland Pilbara).
Nyamal and Ngarluma Country (stretching toward the coast and port infrastructure).
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The bulk of iron ore exported through Qingdao originates from the #Pilbara region in the northwest of Western #Australia.
The region’s modern name is derived from #Bilybara, which means "dry" in the local Nyamal and Banyjima #Aboriginal languages.
Because the region covers vast expanses of land, it encompasses the ancestral country of many distinct Traditional Owner groups. Where those iron ore mega-mines slice through the earth, you are looking at the traditional lands of several key groups:
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The bulk of iron ore exported through Qingdao originates from the #Pilbara region in the northwest of Western #Australia.
The region’s modern name is derived from #Bilybara, which means "dry" in the local Nyamal and Banyjima #Aboriginal languages.
Because the region covers vast expanses of land, it encompasses the ancestral country of many distinct Traditional Owner groups. Where those iron ore mega-mines slice through the earth, you are looking at the traditional lands of several key groups:
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#Murujuga 50,000 year old & largest #rockart site in the world with 2 million #petroglyphs / rock engravings spread across the #Burrup Peninsula, part of the Dampier Archipelago in WA’s #Pilbara region. These include long-extinct megafauna, marine mammals and archaic faces - the oldest known depictions of the human face on earth.
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#Murujuga 50,000 year old & largest #rockart site in the world with 2 million #petroglyphs / rock engravings spread across the #Burrup Peninsula, part of the Dampier Archipelago in WA’s #Pilbara region. These include long-extinct megafauna, marine mammals and archaic faces - the oldest known depictions of the human face on earth.
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An #asteroid hit deep in the #Australian #outback. What it left may have broken a record.
Australian researchers say they have found evidence of Earth’s oldest known asteroid #impact. It dates back three billion years:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/oldest-asteroid-impact-australia-pilbara-north-pole-dome/oltfnw6qt #meteorite #science #astronomy #Australia #WesternAustralia #Pilbara
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An #asteroid hit deep in the #Australian #outback. What it left may have broken a record.
Australian researchers say they have found evidence of Earth’s oldest known asteroid #impact. It dates back three billion years:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/oldest-asteroid-impact-australia-pilbara-north-pole-dome/oltfnw6qt #meteorite #science #astronomy #Australia #WesternAustralia #Pilbara
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@ElectricTrike Thank you for posting this! Folks aren't aware of how evil #BHP is!
#AusPol #BHPetrol #Mining #Pilbara #WaterIsLife #ClimateDestroyers
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@ElectricTrike Thank you for posting this! Folks aren't aware of how evil #BHP is!
#AusPol #BHPetrol #Mining #Pilbara #WaterIsLife #ClimateDestroyers
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Sacred Waters Ebb as Mining Giant's Thirst Grows
Robe River Kuruma people say Rio Tinto's water use is drying up their sacred waterhole. A new plant will supply water, but elders want faster changes.
#RobeRiver #RioTinto #WaterScarcity #IndigenousRights #Pilbara
https://newsletter.tf/rio-tinto-water-use-dries-sacred-robe-river-waterhole/
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Rio Tinto's water extraction is drying up a sacred waterhole for the Robe River Kuruma people. The company is building a new desalination plant to help.
#RobeRiver #RioTinto #WaterScarcity #IndigenousRights #Pilbara
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Rio Tinto's water extraction is drying up a sacred waterhole for the Robe River Kuruma people. The company is building a new desalination plant to help.
#RobeRiver #RioTinto #WaterScarcity #IndigenousRights #Pilbara
https://newsletter.tf/rio-tinto-water-use-dries-sacred-robe-river-waterhole/ -
May Day 1946 walk-off
May Day 2026 80th anniversary https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/legacy-of-pilbara-aboriginal-strike-80th-anniversary/106620566#directaction #firstNations #Labourmovement #organize #Pilbara #solidarity
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May Day 1946 walk-off
May Day 2026 80th anniversary https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/legacy-of-pilbara-aboriginal-strike-80th-anniversary/106620566#directaction #firstNations #Labourmovement #organize #Pilbara #solidarity
#Strikes -
Clancy, Dooley & McLeod
- Dorothyn Hewett (1946)May Day - May 1st 1946 rural workers strike
https://unionsong.com/u399.html#firstnations #labourmovement #organize #Pilbara #solidarity #strikes
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Clancy, Dooley & McLeod
- Dorothyn Hewett (1946)May Day - May 1st 1946 rural workers strike
https://unionsong.com/u399.html#firstnations #labourmovement #organize #Pilbara #solidarity #strikes
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“Black Eureka” Pastoral Workers 1946 strike (book and song)
https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2010/07/01/wa-aboriginal-pastoral-workers-strike-of-1946/#BushTelegraph #firstnations #labourmovement #Organize #Pilbara #Solidarity #ShaneHoward #Strikes
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“Black Eureka” Pastoral Workers 1946 strike (book and song)
https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2010/07/01/wa-aboriginal-pastoral-workers-strike-of-1946/#BushTelegraph #firstnations #labourmovement #Organize #Pilbara #Solidarity #ShaneHoward #Strikes
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Fortescue moves to ditch diesel on Pilbara rail http://dlvr.it/TQzMrg #Australia #RailNews #Fortescue #Pilbara
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Fortescue moves to ditch diesel on Pilbara rail http://dlvr.it/TQzMrg #Australia #RailNews #Fortescue #Pilbara
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News
- MUA Carnival Cruise ships exploitation
- HWU Strike Action
- PSA NSW David Dungay Jr. PlaqueExcerpt from Nick Everett address about the #firstNations #Pilbara Strike - May 1946 - at Perth Trades Hall held by the Perth Branch of the Australasian Society for the Study of #LabourHistory.
https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/red-earth
#3CR #CommunityRadio #labourMovement #solidarity #strikes #unions
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The look of future communities and roadhouses - cutting the use of millions of gallons of expensive polluting diesel in remote locations?
'“By integrating solar, battery storage and intelligent controls, we’ve created a microgrid that doesn’t just reduce costs, it brings energy independence, reliability, and environmental leadership to one of the most iconic parts of the Pilbara,”
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The look of future communities and roadhouses - cutting the use of millions of gallons of expensive polluting diesel in remote locations?
'“By integrating solar, battery storage and intelligent controls, we’ve created a microgrid that doesn’t just reduce costs, it brings energy independence, reliability, and environmental leadership to one of the most iconic parts of the Pilbara,”
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New Curtin University research has found #invasive cane #toads are on track to reach Western Australia’s #Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years, threatening to cause widespread losses among #native species and significant cultural and economic harm.
#Ecology #sflorg
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New Curtin University research has found #invasive cane #toads are on track to reach Western Australia’s #Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years, threatening to cause widespread losses among #native species and significant cultural and economic harm.
#Ecology #sflorg
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Welcome to another episode of Billionaires Behaving Badly... Twiggy wants to build weirs on a sacred site and keep the water for his mining
Billionaire Forrest begins fresh legal bid to alter sacred river in WA's north
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/andrew-forrest-traditional-owners-in-sat-ashburton-river-plan/105966594 -
Welcome to another episode of Billionaires Behaving Badly... Twiggy wants to build weirs on a sacred site and keep the water for his mining
Billionaire Forrest begins fresh legal bid to alter sacred river in WA's north
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/andrew-forrest-traditional-owners-in-sat-ashburton-river-plan/105966594 -
Uzaydan dünyaya düştü! Gizemli Nesne, Avusturalya'yı ayağa kaldırdı...: Batı Avustralya’daki Pilbara Çölü’nde keşfedilen büyük bir metal parçasının, atmosfere yeniden giren bir uzay aracının yakıt tankı olabileceği açıklandı. Uzmanlar, uzay çöplerinin giderek artan tehlikesine dikkat çekti.
MADEN İŞÇİLERİ BULDU, POLİS SORUŞTURMA BAŞLATTI
Kesin bir teşhis henüz konmamış olsa da, ilk incelemeler… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/uzaydan-dunyaya-dustu-gizemli-nesne-avusturalya-yi-ayaga-kaldirdi...-265701.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #Uzay #GizemliNesne #Avustralya #Pilbara #UzayAracı
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May 1, 1946 Pilbara Strike - Walk off
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara_strikeStory of
https://www.pilbarastrike.org/Doco film about
https://vimeo.com/529139143 -
“This is the epicentre of wealth creation—not just in Australia but probably the globe,” Yu said. “Yet down the road, we’ve got a prison full of Aboriginal faces. I use the term ‘economic apartheid,’ and I think that’s what it represents.”
#BHP #economicapartheid #firstnations #Ngaardamedia #PeterYu #Pilbara #rioTinto #Woodside #Yawuru
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I really need to do a re-introduction but until then, my favourite photos of the non-work parts of last week’s trip to #Pilbara country in Western Australia.
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Pilbara Minerals CFO resigns amid leadership transition - published 03 Jun 2025 #Pilbara #Mining #Australia #ASX #Lithium
https://grafa.com/news/mining-pilbara-minerals-cfo-resigns-amid-leadership-transition-443059?utm_source=asx_news_en&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=443059 -
#australia #wildflower #pilbara North of Newman a rest stop on the way to Port Hedland.
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Platina Resources ( #PGM ) has released " Drilling to begin at Challa / Beete and Xanadu drill update " on Fri 30 May at 08:19 AEST #government #Pilbara #Mining #Gold #Australia
https://grafa.com/asset/platina-resources-ltd-3648-pgm.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=pgm.asx -
Develop Global ( #DVP ) has released " Substantial Commencement at Sulphur Springs " on Thu 29 May at 08:22 AEST #tax #government #Pilbara #Commodity #Mining
https://grafa.com/asset/develop-global-ltd-1602-dvp.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=dvp.asx
