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词条 Kimberley historical timeline
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  1. See also

  2. References

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This timeline is a selected list of events and locations of the development of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

DateEventLocationNotes
1688 William Dampier, first European to the region, sails along the coast Cape Leveque and King Sound [1]
1699 William Dampier return journey, leaves after an altercation with Aboriginies after a man is killed [1]
1803 Nicolas Baudin sails along the coast charting Cape Bougainville Admiralty Gulf [1]
1819 Philip Parker King sails along the coast in HMS Mermaid surveying the coastline Cambridge Gulf and King Sound
1837 Lieutenant George Grey and Franklin Lushington, and 12 men sailed on the schooner Lynher from Cape Town to Hanover Bey and explore inland Hanover Bay
1861 The giant North West pearl oyster the Pinctada maxima was discovered in Roebuck Bay by the crew of the Dolphin. Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach [2][3]
1879 Alexander Forrest trekked across from the western coast to the Northern Territory. Forrest named the Kimberley district, Margaret River, Ord River and the King Leopold Ranges Kimberley
1879 Charles Harper suggested to the Legislative Council that Roebuck Bay be set up as a port for the pearling industry Roebuck Bay [1]
1880 The Murray Squatting Company take up leases in the newly opened West Kimberley Yeeda
1881 The Kimberley Squatting Company take up the lease for Liveringa Station Liveringa [4]
1881 First ships using pearl diving equipment arrive in Roebuck Bay, revolutionizing the pearling industry Roebuck Bay [2][3]
1882 The Victorian Squatting Company take up leases on the Drysdale River Drysdale River Station [5]
1883 The townsite of Derby is named and established with a Government resident Derby [6]
1883 Townsite for Broome chosen by John Forrest, town proclaimed later the same year Broome [7]
1883 Leases issued to the MacDonald and MacKenzie families for lands along the Fitzroy River Fossil Downs Station [8]
1885 Construction of wooden jetty at Derby completed Derby [6]
1885 Gold discovered by prospectors Charles Hall and John Slattery at Halls Creek Halls Creek [9]
1885 Gogo cattle station established by the Emanuel family Gogo Station
1886 Townsite of for Wyndham chosen by John Forrest Wyndham
1887 Lots at townsite for Halls Creek laid out Halls Creek [9]
1893 Michael and Patrick Durack establish Carlton Hill and Ivanhoe cattle stations Carlton Hill Station and Ivanhoe Station [10]
1894 Townsite of Halls Creek gazetted Halls Creek [9]
1908 Construction of wells along Canning Stock Route commences Halls Creek
1910 Construction of wells along Canning Stock Route completed Wiluna
1944 Construction of Mungalalu Truscott Airbase completed Mungalalu Truscott Airbase
1945 Frank Lacy established Mount Elizabeth cattle station Mount Elizabeth Station [11]
1949 Air Beef Scheme commences operation Glenroy Station [9]
194912|km|mi|0}} west after flooding and regazetted Halls Creek [9]
1951 BHP commence mining Iron ore at Cockatoo Island Cockatoo Island [12]
1957 Lease for Home Valley taken up by Harold MacNamara Home Valley Station [13]
1959 Construction of barrages and 17-mile dam completed for Camballin Irrigation Scheme Camballin [14]
1959 BHP commence mining Iron ore at Koolan Island Koolan Island [15]
1960 Construction of Ord River Diversion dam commences Ord River
1961 Townsite for Kununurra is proclaimed Kununura [16]
1962 Air Beef Scheme operations cease Glenroy Station [17]
1963 Construction of Ord River Diversion dam completed forming Lake Kununurra Lake Kununurra [18]
1969 Construction of Ord River main dam commences Ord River
1972 Construction of Ord River main dam completed forming Lake Argyle Lake Argyle [18]
1975 Townsite of Fitzroy Crossing is gazetted, town has existed since the 1900s Fitzroy Crossing
1983 Construction of RAAF Curtin commences Derby
1983 Camballin Irrigation Scheme abandoned Camballin [19]
1985 Argyle diamond mine opens Lake Argyle
1983 Construction of RAAF Curtin completed Derby
1993 BHP cease mining Iron ore at Koolan Island Koolan Island [15]
2006 Mining and processing commences at Coyote Gold Mine Coyote Gold Mine
2007 Mount Gibson Iron commence mining Iron ore at Koolan Island Koolan Island [15]
2014 Mount Gibson Iron suspend mining Iron ore at Koolan Island Koolan Island [15]

See also

  • Goldfields-Esperance historical timeline
  • Pilbara historical timeline
  • Regions of Western Australia

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssa.asn.au/journals/2001Journal.htm |title=Nicolas Baudin’s Scientific Expedition To The Terres Australes |year=2001 |accessdate=6 October 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095739/http://www.mlssa.asn.au/journals/2001Journal.htm |archivedate=15 October 2009 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.broome.com.au/broomehistory.htm|title=Broome History Overview|accessdate=8 October 2015|publisher=Broome Holidays}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cablebeachclub.com/resort/broome/pearling/#.VhZPyPmqqko|title=Pearling|accessdate=8 October 2015|publisher=Cable Beach Club}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.wa.gov.au/register/PDF_Files/K-L%20-%20A-D/Liveringa%20Hstd%20Group%20%28P-AD%29.pdf |title=Register of Heritage places – Assessment Documentation |date=11 December 1998 |accessdate=8 October 2015 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20060325-0000/www.heritage.wa.gov.au/register/PDF_Files/K-L%20-%20A-D/Liveringa%20Hstd%20Group%20%28P-AD%29.pdf |archivedate=25 March 2006 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.drysdaleriver.com.au/history.htm|title=History|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=Drysdale River Station}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.derbytourism.com.au/useful-information/history|title=Derby History|year=2013|accessdate=6 October 2015|publisher=Derby Visitor Centre}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbroome.com.au/history|title=Broome history|year=2012|accessdate=6 October 2015|publisher=Broome Visitor Information Centre}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macdonald-charles-4081|title=Macdonald, Charles (1851–1903)|author=Wendy Birman|year=1974|accessdate=7 October 2015|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://reiwa.com.au/modals/public/suburbprofilebrochure.aspx?suburb_name=halls%20creek|title=Halls Creek Suburb Profile|accessdate=6 October 2015|publisher=REIWA}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pastoral.com/en/content/carlton-hill|title=Carlton Hill|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=Consolidated Pastoral Company}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveraustralia.com.au/western_australia/mt_elizabeth.html|title=Mt Elizabeth Gibb River Road Australia |year=2014|accessdate=8 October 2015|publisher=Discover Australia}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/documents/gswa/gsdpap_ironore.pdf |title=Iron ore in Western Australia |accessdate=6 October 2015 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=1995 |work=PDF |publisher=Department of Industry and Resources |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901223235/http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/documents/gswa/gsdpap_ironore.pdf |archivedate= 1 September 2007 |df= }}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hvstation.com.au/about/more-history.php|title=History of Karunjie Station|accessdate=8 October 2015|publisher=Indigenous Land Corporation}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environskimberley.org.au/archive/cotton/calendar.pdf|title=Agriculture in the West Kimberley|year=2011|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=Environs Kimberley}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mtgibsoniron.com.au/operations/koolan-island/ |title=Koolan Island |accessdate=6 October 2015 ||publisher=Mount Gibson Iron}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kununurra.org.au/research/1961-kununurra-townsite-proclamation|title=1961 Kununurra Townsite Proclamation|year=2011|accessdate=6 October 2015|publisher=Kimberley Historical Society}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aussieairliners.org/dc-3/vh-mmf/airbeef.html|title=MMA Air Beef Scheme|accessdate=9 October 2015|publisher=AussieAirliners}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lakeargyle.com/explore-and-learn/ord-river-irrigation-scheme/|title=Ord river Irrigation Scheme|year=2013|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=Lake Argyle}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gci.uq.edu.au/kimberley-future-asian-food-bowl|title=The Kimberley, future Asian food bowl|author=Jane O'Sullivan|date=14 August 2015|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=University of Queensland}}

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