South Hedland, Australia, Australia
Year 1965 latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 8,500 Target population Town website Town related links http://www.police.wa.gov.au/LocalPolice/PilbaraDistrict.asp?SouthHedland http://www.discoverwest.com.au/western_australia/port_hedland.html Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
The town of South Hedland is situated approximately 1,800 kilometres from Perth and 20 kilometres from the township of Port Hedland. The town was established in the early 1970s to house the workforce associated with the establishment of the shipping operations of the Mt Newman Mining Company. South Hedland town has about 8,500 residents, most of whom either work for, or are associated with, the mining industry. source:
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