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Whyalla / w aɪ ˈ æ l ə / is a city in South Australia.It was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. [5] [6] It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta is one of the three towns to make up the Iron Triangle.
The City of Whyalla (formally The Corporation of the City of Whyalla) is a local government area in South Australia, located at the north-east corner of the Eyre Peninsula. It was established in 1970, replacing the town commission, which had been running the town previously.
Whyalla Barson is a suburb in South Australia located on the northern side of the city of Whyalla in the north east corner of Eyre Peninsula. It is named after Thomas Leonard Barson, superintendent of BHP in Whyalla from 1933 to 1938. [3] [8] [9] The suburb was first established in 2011 with revisions to boundaries occurring both in 2013 and 2014.
In response, Mayor John Smith stopped all C-130 operations in Whyalla, causing the RAAF to use either RAAF Woomera Airfield or RAAF Base Edinburgh to fly in troops and supplies for the nearby Cultana Training Area. In 2004, Qantas requested permission to land a Boeing 767 at Whyalla Airport as both Adelaide and Melbourne airports were closed ...
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Whyalla Playford is a suburb of Whyalla in South Australia. It is bounded on the east and south by the Lincoln Highway and on the north by the BHP Whyalla Tramway . It was gazetted in 1967 with the boundaries adjusted in 1975 and 2000.
Whyalla was purchased for $5,000 and sailed back to Whyalla with a volunteer crew of 11 and under her own steam in late 1984. [9] The corvette was located in her launching slipway until April 1987, when she was moved 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland to become the centrepiece of the Whyalla Maritime Museum, which opened on 29 October 1988. [9]
The Whyalla News; Whyalla railway station; Whyalla Steelworks This page was last edited on 1 August 2018, at 11:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...