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WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1
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Iron ore is only one facet of the development boom that has transformed the West. 2
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State’s progress is at ever increasing tempo 6
“It’s not a boom, but capital and enterprise at work” 6
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Who’s who in the West’s iron ore industry 10
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Hamersley sets the pace for iron ore exports 12
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Giant Newman project starts exporting ore 15
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Newman shipping right on schedule 17
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Goldsworthy, first to export the ore 18
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Future orders could dwarf ore contracts 20
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Pilbara quarries lead ore extraction methods 22
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To let: $33,000 home, furniture, $6 a week 24
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Pellets: promise of new markets 26
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Small news item started the nickel boom 28
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Rough Range “luck” triggered oil search 30
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Bauxite: exciting growth area of mineral industry 32
In spite of nickel, Kalgoorlie is still a gold world 32
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Headlong rush to develop State’s salt 34
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Ambitious plans to boost supply of ilmenite 36
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Substantial exports of pigment 37
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Power and water the keys to expansion 38
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North's huge potential for water 39
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West’s agriculture shows a growing trend to bigness 40
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Bustling export State seeks further markets 42
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PORT OF FREMANTLE INNER HARBOUR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 43
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Record road program now under way 44
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Barge system may cut shipping costs 45
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agricultural West 46
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Booming air travel shrinks the West 48
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Standard gauge should shunt railways into black 49
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New breed of tourist tunes in on the West 50
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Mineral exports are only the Wests’ first step 51
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Containers mark a shipping milestone 52
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New northern ports will have to be created 54
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SPECIAL NINE PAGE REPORT 56
What market for iron ore? How much? For how long? 56
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Post Office all out to extend services 64
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Private Newman exchange is nation’s biggest 66
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Rising aircraft usage spurs growth of service facilities 67
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Pilbara set for its second big revolution 68
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Way still open for nuclear port development in Pilbara 70
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Kimberley on the verge of a mineral upsurge 74
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Ord River waits on start of main dam 76
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Family business leader in wood veneers 77
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Kwinana, brash symbol of the West’s confidence 78
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Forestry, fishing entering era of change 80
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Perth building drive gathers pace 82
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Housing reflects the problem of prosperity 84
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Institute a boost for mining, agriculture 86
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Minerals bring a new life to Perth finance 88
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Population growth in an exciting, unsmogged air 90
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West builds the world’s biggest container cranes 91
BURGEONING RESOURCES OF THE WEST 92

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