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Western Australia

Roebourne, Pilbara pastoral capital

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1860s-1920s history in protected context.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Oldest town in the northwest, founded 1866 as pastoral and mining capital with its port at Cossack; stone civic buildings and old refuse ground by the Harding River.

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