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How a piece of US rail history found an unlikely new life in the Pilbara
The story of the Silver Star starts out in the midwest of the United States in the late 1930s, when rail was still a dominant mode of cross-country passenger transport.
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Search for an Aussie dunny morphs into a mining safety tool
Like a lot of Australian stories, this one starts with a search for a toilet – but with far wider reaching ramifications than anyone could initially have predicted.
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‘Ghosts of the Goldfields’ no apparition for mine site miscreants
The Gold Stealing Detection Unit has been around for 114 years and remains a very necessary part of WA's mining landscape.
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The old WA mine that’s become a tourist hot spot
The mine formerly known as Western Five has undergone a stunning transformation since it closed in 1996.
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White Christmas on WA mine site thanks to surprise roo arrival
There's unlikely to be any December snow in arid WA - but this might be the next coolest thing.
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100kg of pork, 800 rooms and 6000 pieces of linen: life managing a remote WA mine camp
With the nearest major regional centre more than 300km away, keeping a mining village ticking over is no easy feat.
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How much food do you need to keep a mining camp going?
The kitchen at AngloGold Ashanti's Tropicana mine runs a crew of eight chefs around the clock just to keep workers fed.
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WA’s Solar MacGyver won’t stop pushing the boundaries
Dave Sharp doesn't mind at all if you compare him to the hero from one of the 1980s' most iconic TV series.
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‘You could hear the rumblings’: Adam built a business around mining’s big shift
Adam Gangemi reckons there is a simple measure when it comes to the increasing focus on decarbonisation in mining operations.
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‘We love to fly and love to help’: the pilots many West Aussies can’t live without
The RFDS is often described as Australia's third-biggest airline. And its work is genuinely lifesaving.
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