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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.
Whyalla [1] History; Opened: 6 October 1972: Technical; Line length: 74 km (46 mi) Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) The Whyalla railway line runs from Port ...
Port Bonython - Port Bonython Bulk Commodities Export Facility - Spencer Gulf Port Link (proposed 2012) [13] Port Playford - Iron ore transshipment port proposed to be constructed on the site of the former Playford A Power Station, south of Port Augusta; Whyalla - Inner harbour expansion - Arrium (completed 2013) [14]
The Coffin Bay tramway was a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge railway located on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia.Running for 40 kilometres from Coffin Bay to Billy Lights Point, Port Lincoln it was built and operated by BHP to carry lime sand for steelmaking at Whyalla, Port Kembla and Kwinana.
As of 2015 and following a number of changes to boundaries and locality/suburb names in the years 2010 to 2014, the City of Whyalla consisted of the following suburbs and localities: Backy Point, Cowleds Landing, Douglas Point, Douglas Point South, False Bay, Fitzgerald Bay, Middleback Range (part), [6] [7] Mullaquana, Murninnie Beach, Point Lowly, Point Lowly North, Port Bonython, Whyalla ...
Port Bonython is the terminus of the Moomba to Port Bonython Liquids Pipeline which is 659 km long. [6] From Port Bonython, Santos freights hydrocarbon products by sea to customers across the Asia-Pacific region. [citation needed] A 2.4 km long wharf was constructed and purchased by the Government of South Australia for $48.2 million in 1983. [7]
The Point Lowly lighthouse was constructed in 1883 to guide ships safely through Spencer Gulf en route to Port Augusta and Port Pirie in South Australia. It was upgraded several times before being deactivated in 1993. It was reactivated in 1995 and is a tourist attraction for the Whyalla area and an icon of the Point Lowly area.
The Whyalla-Port Augusta railway line passes to the north and west of the suburb’s urban area. [10] [11] The suburb is mainly residential on the eastern side of the suburb. The area between the Eyre Highway and the Stuart Highway on the west side of the suburb’s built area is zoned for industrial use.