Goldsworthy, Western Australia

Iron ore mining began in the Pilbara at Mt Tom Price and Mt Goldsworthy in 1966. The Mt. Goldsworthy Mine produced around four million tons of iron ore per annum by 1968. After size classification, the iron ore was transported to Japan's steel producers. The town of Goldsworthy was established in 1971 by Goldsworthy Mining Company (now BHP Billiton) as the support town for its iron ore mining operations at Mt. Goldsworthy (Yarrie Nimingarra / Sunrise Hill West Seven Mines). Its ore was carried by rail to its loading terminal on Finucane Island at Port Hedland. The old township was dismantled when mining operations ceased in 1992 after much of the mountain had been mined.
The mountain was named by surveyor Alexander Forrest in 1879, after Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, the Colonial Secretary at the time under Governor Sir Frederick Napier Broome.
Natural features: Merrimerica Hill Sand Dunes (40 km north-east); Pardoo Creek Aboriginal occupation sites (25 km north); Abydos/Woodstock Aboriginal Art sites