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7 unusual facts about Pilbara


Adam Parr

Parr then took up a series of increasingly senior executive posts during six years in Australia, firstly managing Rio Tinto’s extensive port and infrastructure in the remote Pilbara region, then running its Western Australian salt operations.

Bennelongia

Bennelongia strellyensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara

Bennelongia coondinerensis Martens et al., 2012 – Western Australia, Pilbara

Cryptostegia grandiflora

Rubber vine is believed to have a potential range in Australia from about Coen in Cape York Peninsula to Port Hedland in the Pilbara.

Hopanoids

Hopanoids, including 2-alpha-methylhopanes from photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria), were discovered by Roger Summons and colleagues as molecular fossils preserved in 2.7 Gya shales from the Pilbara, Australia.

Pilbara

Family clans in the Pilbara who were supported by mining prospector, Don McLeod, developed skills for mining and the concentration of rare metals.

Sida clementii

Yellow flowers are produced between March and May and again between September and November in the species native range on plains in the Pilbara.


Ben Wyatt

His parents were both school-teachers on an exchange program—his father, Cedric Wyatt, was originally from the Pilbara, and his mother was originally from Newcastle, New South Wales.

Chrisstanleyite

First discovered by Dr. Werner Paar from a sample received from Hope’s Nose, Torquay, Devon, England, chrisstanleyite has since been discovered in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and in El Chire, La Rioja, Argentina.

Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1902–1904

Walter Kingsmill, who had resigned as the Assembly member for Pilbara to contest the seat, was elected unopposed on 9 February 1903.

Panyjima language

Panyjima is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Hamersley Range, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Parnngurr Community

Parnngurr is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located 370 km from Newman in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia, within the Shire of East Pilbara.

Pilbara monitor

However, the Pilbara monitor can be distinguished from these other two species by some morphological and genetic differences.


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