Whyalla, city of steel. Whyalla, South Australia's second largest city pop. However its history dates back much further than that. After the settlement of South Australia in the natural resources of the area were soon used by pastoralists. The first pastoral lease in the Iron Knob area was granted to Thomas Patterson in Ten years later, a lease over fifty-one square miles was granted to Frederick George Morgan who named it Mount Hummock.
However it were the underground resources which started the development of Whyalla and helped BHP becoming the largest company in Australia. Rich iron ore was expected by Edward John Eyre in In Samual Davenport, owner of nearby Corunna Station, had samples of iron ore assayed and submitted to London for the Colonial Exhibition. Corunna Station later provided the setting for some parts of the films The Sundowners and Kangaroo.
The first application for a mining permit was lodged by William Jones in June During the next three years thirty-four mineral applications were made to mine the area with most of the applicants looking for gold and silver rather than iron ore.
The first shipments of iron ore from Hummock Hill were made by barge to Port Pirie. In work began on a private narrow gauge railway line, from Iron Knob and Iron Monarch to Hummock Hill, and a jetty to allow easy transportation of the iron ore. Later a conveyor belt, crushers, storage bins and power house were added and completed in making it possible to transport iron ore to Newcastle. All this expansion created the need for more workers and by a permanent settlement was well established.
Contact us by filling out the form below and pressing "submit". Learn the history of iron ore mining and experience a mine tour. Iron Ore The mainline is 76kms to Iron Duke. Tourist Centre The Community Tourist Centre is well signposted and has also been developed as a mining museum.
Open weekdays from 9. Mine Tours Guided mine tours depart from the Iron Knob Tourist Centre where a mini-bus transports visitors to where there are views of the original Iron Knob pit and from which work at the Iron Princess and Monarch pits may be seen. Love the neighbourhood Whyalla is a great base to unearth the region on day trips with numerous towns and attractions less than two hours away. Explore Must Do's Hit the road or the trail.
Outstanding sunsets and sunrises will leave you in awe. New iron ore mines to feed Whyalla steelworks and boost SA exports. A new South Australian iron ore mine has been approved to feed Whyalla's steelworks at cheaper cost, and another to boost iron ore exports from the region.
The new mining leases have been approved in the Middleback Range on Eyre Peninsula and add to Whyalla businessman Sanjeev Gupta's assets portfolio. The ventures are expected to support a workforce of 56 as well as another contractors. SA Mineral Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis said the Iron Sultan mine would develop a hybrid pellet feed plant to significantly reduce the price of making steel at the Whyalla blast furnace. Mr Gupta has also invested in South Australian renewable energy company ZEN, and has flagged the prospect of buying equipment from Adelaide's former Holden factory with a view to electric vehicle production in the future.
Premier Jay Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis announced the new mining leases during an electioneering tour of the Upper Spencer Gulf region. The State Government had already made the project a priority for federal funding in submissions to Infrastructure Australia, but until now there had been no firm pledge of government money.
The Premier said a sealed Strzelecki Track was of great importance for state growth. We're asking for the Commonwealth to provide the balance of the funding, perhaps even with a contribution from the private sector," he said. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.
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