South Hedland or Port Hedland City Centre is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of the
Town of Port Hedland, in the
Pilbara region in north-western
Western Australia. It is the
CBD of the
Town of Port Hedland and is the Port Hedland Town Centre. It can be reached by the
North West Coastal Highway and
Great Northern Highway. It contains
Hedland Senior High School
Hedland Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in South Hedland, Western Australia.
Overview
The school was established in 1964 as a junior high school but became a high school in 1970 and a senio ...
.
History
The
Commonwealth Government's 1960 decision to lift an embargo on iron ore exports led to the rapid expansion of mining in the
Pilbara and the creation of several new towns, including South Hedland.
The original design of the South Hedland townsite was inspired by the
Radburn Radburn may refer to:
Places
*Radburn, New Jersey, an American suburb and the basis for later housing planning designs known as 'Radburn estates'
*Radburn (NJT station), railway station
People
*Jade Radburn, English football defender
*Will Radbur ...
principles. Four residential neighbourhoods where to cluster around a commercial core connected by parkways and pedestrian connections. Following the completion of the first neighbourhood the design was considered a failure by residents and government authorities and abandoned in 1974,
although it has continued to shape the overall town layout to the present day.
References
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Mining towns in Western Australia
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Towns in Western Australia