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Should streets be named after massacre perpetrators?

In the Pilbara town of Roebourne the name of many streets haunt residents as they are named after perpetrators of a massacre which decimated the Yaburara tribe 160 years ago.

Railpage Feb 16

Fortescue moves to ditch diesel on Pilbara rail http://dlvr.it/TQzMrg #Australia #RailNews #Fortescue #Pilbara

Vibewire Magazine Feb 16

Fortescue moves to ditch diesel on Pilbara rail http://dlvr.it/TQzMlj #Australia #RailNews #Fortescue #Pilbara

BardyB Feb 16

Fortescue moves to ditch diesel on Pilbara rail http://dlvr.it/TQzMFv #Australia #RailNews #Fortescue #Pilbara

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Heliograph Feb 14

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/fortescue-battery-electric-locomotives-pilbara/106022632

Forrest launches battery-powered trains as green deadline nears

After years of delays, the Pilbara's largest carbon emitters are testing greener ways to haul iron ore, and Andrew Forrest has now joined their ranks.

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Peter Riley Jan 29

News
- MUA Carnival Cruise ships exploitation
- HWU Strike Action
- PSA NSW David Dungay Jr. Plaque

Excerpt 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

Red Earth

Headlines:- MUA Carnival Cruise ships exploitation- HWU Strike Action- PSA NSW David Dungay Jr. Plaque Main section:Academic Nick Everett Excerpt from address about the Pilbara Strike at Perth Trades Hall in 2024 as part of a symposium held by the Perth Branch of the Australasian Society for the Study of Labour History. ...The sheep's wool dragged and the squatters sworeAnd talked nice words till their tongues got soreAnd their bellies swelled with so much liesBut the blackfellers shooed them off like flies.

3CR Community Radio

The_Sun Nov 12

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,”

#Pilbara #WesternAustralia #Solar #Energy

https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/11/genoffgrid-builds-solar-lithium-diesel-microgrid-for-top-end-roadhouse/

GenOffGrid builds solar, lithium, diesel microgrid for Top End roadhouse

Microgrid developer GenOffGrid has launched a solar, lithium and diesel microgrid to power the Auski Munjina Village roadhouse in the Pilbara, Western Australia, over 1,300 kilometres northeast of Perth.

pv magazine Australia

Scientific Frontline Nov 11

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
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/eco11112502.html

New study reveals devastating impact of cane toads approaching the Pilbara

The Pilbara regions' permanent water sources make it an ideal habitat for the invasive species

Jo the Neenish Tart Nov 3

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

#Twiggy #AndrewForrest #Pilbara #Minderoo

Andrew Forrest's plan to alter sacred Ashburton River under fresh legal scrutiny

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's controversial plan to alter the natural river system on his large outback WA cattle station is under renewed legal scrutiny.

ABC News

EshaHaber Oct 21

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