| 词条 | Paraburdoo, Western Australia |
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| name = Paraburdoo | state = wa | image = Welcome to paraburdoo.jpg | caption = | lga = Shire of Ashburton | latd = | longd = | postcode = 6754 | pop = 1607 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | est = 1960s | stategov = Pilbara | fedgov = Durack | dist1 = 79 | location1= Tom Price | dist2 = 426 | location2= Karratha | dist3 = 336 | location3= Newman | maxtemp = 33.3 | mintemp = 18.7 | rainfall = 280.8 | elevation = 391 }}{{coord|-23.201|117.671|type:city(1600)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title}} Paraburdoo is a mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The name of the town comes from an Aboriginal word for 'white cockatoo'. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley Iron's (now Pilbara Iron) local iron ore mining operations, and gazetted as a town in 1972. Most of the town's residents are employed by Pilbara Iron's mining operation and the supporting services. The region is served by Paraburdoo Airport, which is situated 9 km from the town. The town provides housing to workers of the three near-by Rio Tinto mines, those being the Channar, Eastern Range and Paraburdoo mine.[2] Paraburdoo is located 1528 kilometres north of Perth. Its located 24 kilometres north of the Tropic of Capricorn and nearly 300 kilometres from the coast. Climate is variable in Paraburdoo. It can get as hot as 45 degrees Celsius and drop to single figures. Rainfall is also very variable, especially in cyclone season. the average temperature is around 25 degrees Celsius. Most residents in Paraburdoo are employed by the mine or work to support workers from the mine. Kids can go to daycare and school from pre-school to TAFE(college). There are also skateparks, swimming pools, tennis courts, netball, cricket and football fields. Paraburdoo has its own shopping facilities and medical centres. See also
References1. ^{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC55216 | name = Paraburdoo (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate = 2008-02-28}} 2. ^Mining {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612111105/http://www.riotintoironore.com/ENG/operations/497_mining.asp |date=12 June 2010 }} Rio Tinto Iron Ore website, accessed: 6 November 2010 External links
2 : Mining towns in Western Australia|Pilbara |
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