A printable copy of this timeline is available HERE

References

1861 SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERITAGE INVENTORY.pdf

1863 Heritage Council of WA – Places Database

1864 Place No. 36 Mt Welcome Station Homestead Group

1865 SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERITAGE INVENTORY.pdf

1866 Finding Shell | Western Australian Museum / no._051_macey_wreck_0.pdf / Roebourne Heritage Trail | City of Karratha

1905 WA Royal Commission on The Condition of the Natives Report / Pearl Divers SLWAA history of the pearling industry of the North-West coast of Australia

1868 01 Apr 1868 – RETURN OF THE EXPEDITION FROM NICKOL BAY. – Trove  Genocide in Australia – The Australian Museum / Massacre / the flying foam massacre

1888 Heritage Council of WA – Places Database / Gold near Roebourne | Western Australian Museum

1889 Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Leprosy / Heritage Council of WA – Places Database

1896 Old Gaol / Aboriginal prisoners outside Roebourne Gaol – JPG 668.2 KB

1905 Aborigines Act 1905 / WA Royal Commission on The Condition of the Natives Report

1908 Point Samson Peninsula: Your Travel Guide | Australia’s North West / Heritage Council of WA – Places Database

1927 Roebourne 150 Years Book Page 52

1935 Royal Commission appointed to investigate, report and advise upon matters in relation to the condition and treatment of Aborigines. 1935

1936 Native Administration Act 1936

1938 Lost Lands Report 2003

1944 Exile and the Kingdom (1993)

1946 PilbaraStrike

1951 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1951

1952 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1952

1953 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1953

1954 Native Welfare Act WA 1954

1956 Annual report of the Commissioner of Native Welfare for the year ended 30th June 1956

1957 Annual report of the Commissioner of Native Welfare for the year ended 30th June 1957

1958 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1958

1959 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1959

1960 Iron ore exports | National Museum of Australia

1963 https://www.woodside.com/who-we-are/our-story / Native Welfare Act 1963

1965 Western Australia Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1965 / History of Dampier Western Australia | Dampier – Mission to Seafarers

1966 History | Global

1967 Dampier Solar Salt Industry Agreement / The 1967 Referendum | AIATSIS corporate website

1968 SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERITAGE INVENTORY

1971 Wickham Suburb Profile | Property Market, House Prices and More – REIWA / Heritage Council of WA – Places Database

1973 Annual report for the year ended June 30 / – PDF 27.6 MB

1974 JOHN PETER PAT – 15.6 THE VILLAGE / ‘

1975 inHerit – State Heritage Office / SHIRE OF ROEBOURNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HERITAGE INVENTORY / JOHN PETER PAT – 15.6 THE VILLAGECheeditha – JuluwarluAboriginal Corporation / Cheeditha Booklet – Yindjibarndi Media / Roebourne Gaoler’s Quarters history conserved under new funding

1977 https://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=isr/nws/report/1_intro.pdf

1978 https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/dampier-archipelago.docx

1982 Heritage Council of WA – Places Database / aboriginal cemetery roebourne / Ngurrawaana – Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation

1983 ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF JOHN PETER PAT / Enough is Enough: A Story of the Pilbara Mob Noel Olive 2007

1984 Severe Tropical Cyclone Chloe / State Library WA Tropical cyclones in North West Australia  / Today marks 40 years since we started… – Woodside North West | Facebook / The Aboriginal Land Inquiry – 17 September 1984

1989 Major milestone / JOHN PETER PAT – 15.8 PROVISION OF SERVICES

 ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY REGIONAL REPORT OF INQUIRY INTO UNDERLYING ISSUES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA VOLUME 1

1991 Mingullatharndo (Five Mile) goes dry to reduce alcohol-related harm

1993 Exile and the Kingdom Press Kit / Native title becomes law.pdf

1998 About Us – NYFL

1999 Weymul Layout Plan 2 Amendment 1 background Report 2008

2000 The Burrup Agreement: a case study in future act negotiation by Frances Flanagan

2001 Burrup Fertilisers Pty Ltd Public Environment Review August 2001

2003 BMIEA – Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) / Burrup Native Title Agreement documents

2005 Pluto LNG – Woodside Energy / Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC | PBC

/ Ngarluma native title rights in Wickham, Port Samson, Karratha recognised in Federal Court ruling – ABC News

2007 Pluto LNG – Leading the way in Australia’s LNG Development / Microsoft PowerPoint – ASX. ## Pluto Project Approval – Presentation Pack.PPT

2008 Chapter 8 – Specific issues in particular areas – Parliament of Australia / Karratha regional hotspots and land supply update 2010 / Property values in parts of WA’s Pilbara fall 75 per cent after mining boom | PerthNow

2009 Roebourne Report “Issues, Current Responses & Strategies for Consideration” July 2009 / Coroner: safety switch could’ve saved boy

2010 Roebourne poverty amid wealth ‘a crime’ | The West Australian

2011 Ministerial Statement

2013 Shire changes name to Karratha City Council – ABC News / Agenda Template / City status for Shire of Roebourne | Western Australian Government

2014 89: Report of an announced inspection of Roebourne Regional Prison – Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services / Roebourne Regional Prison conditions described as ‘intolerable, inhumane’ – ABC News / ev.081.petition.pdf

Concerns about overcrowding and another hot summer for Roebourne prison inmates – ABC News

2018 West Pilbara Plan: Working together with Roebourne | Western Australian Government /

 Child safety plan for Pilbara town of Roebourne bungled, elders say – ABC News

2019 Ministerial Forum on Northern Development:

2021 Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia 2021 / Karratha Demographic and Community Insights | Weekly Income, Wellbeing | REMPLAN

2021 Roebourne, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics

2022 A4 Snapshot December 2022.cdr / Scarborough Energy Project and Pluto Train 2 – Woodside Energy /

WATCH: Australia’s $12.5B gas project makes inroads as final modules for Pluto LNG’s Train 2 come – Offshore Energy

2023 Inaugural Ceremony for the Commencement of Perdaman Urea Plant Project in Western Australia – Clough /

Regional housing boost with 31 homes to come online in Karratha | Western Australian Government

2025 World Heritage Listing – Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) / Media statement: North West Shelf Project Extension final decision | Ministers

Investment_Snapshot_June_2024_FINAL_SCREEN_V3.pdf Pilbara’s Indigenous leaders look to Canada as way to address economic disadvantage – ABC News  / ‘I USE THE TERM, ECONOMIC APARTHEID’: ABORIGINAL ACADEMIC SPEAKS AT PILBARA SUMMIT — Ngaarda Media

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