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Port Hedland’s first long jetty was a timber stage for the coastal steamer, decades before iron-ore loaders. Koombana lies alongside in April 1909, with small boats in the creek.
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-20.3112, 118.5801
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1909
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Port Hedland town jetty, 26 April 1909: Coastal Shipping History
Port Hedland town jetty, 26 April 1909
1909
View the Port Hedland town jetty as it appeared on 26 April 1909, with the coastal steamer Koombana docked at the timber stage alongside small creek boats.
Port Hedland’s first long jetty was a timber stage for the coastal steamer, decades before iron-ore loaders. Koombana lies alongside in April 1909, with small boats in the creek.
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