Exmouth Beach from Lighthouse

Tom Price to Coral Bay via Exmouth

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September 30th 2010
What a contrast! When we left you just a few days ago we were on our way to Tom Price, a purpose built town for the mine site and named after the American Tom Price who was very instrumental in getting iron mined in the middle of nowhere. He apparently died on the day the first load was shipped out of the mine!! Not much to rave about, we were even a little disappointed in the mine tour, oh well ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Exmouth

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more