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 SLWA / A 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
1936 Native Administration Act 1936
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 VILLAGE / Cheeditha – JuluwarluAboriginal Corporation / Cheeditha Booklet – Yindjibarndi Media / Roebourne Gaoler’s Quarters history conserved under new funding
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
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
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
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 /
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