OIL and gas giant Woodside discovered the North Rankin gas field about 135km northwest of Dampier just two years after Karratha was gazetted. The Goodwyn and Angel fields were discovered in 1972 and together, these resources formed the basis of…
MURUJUGA is the traditional Aboriginal name for the Dampier Archipelago and Burrup Peninsula. It means, ‘hip bone sticking out’, in the Ngarluma Yaburara language. Acting on a request by Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, and described as, “a significant moment in the…
PILBARA MLA Kevin Michael says “long-term and sustainable optimism” has returned to the Pilbara after years of neglect by the previous Liberal-National Government. Mr Michael told Parliament on Wednesday since the Labor Government entered office the Pilbara’s population had stabilised,…
KARRATHA City tonight moved to allow off-the-grid developments at the historic site of Cossack, about 1480km north of Perth. The unanimous vote to adopt town planning scheme amendment No. 44 ends decades of frustration for land owners who have battled…
KARRATHA City celebrates 50 years since it was gazetted a town. Freo StreetWise Magazine visited the ‘Powerhouse of the Pilbara’ to compile these stories and images of one of the oldest and harshest landscapes on Earth.
THE Inspector of Custodial Services in WA will make an ‘announced’ visit to Roebourne prison in May. He will be met at the correctional facility described as the worst in the State by a scorched ring of hills burnt in…
Having spent almost a decade as a local government councilor and several years as a high school teacher, I’m focused on our local community and our future. I want to be a strong voice for the people of Fremantle and…
THE Fremantle Italian Club will be redeveloped and Norfolk Street extended to Mews Road under a MOU passed by the City’s finance, policy, operations and legislation committee. The memorandum of understanding starts the ball rolling for the City, Club and…
WESTERN Australia’s earliest settlers lived and died at ‘Clarence Town’ near Woodman Point from 1829 to 1831. The State heritage-listed colonial ‘treasure’ remains undisturbed. Until now. StreetWise visited the abandoned ghost town near Fremantle where Outer Harbour proponents want to…
