Proper noun
the Pilbara
An arid, sparsely populated region in northern Western Australia.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder over the death of a young woman who was found in a wheelie bin in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Source: Internet
A tropical low off the Kimberley coast in Western Australia state was forecast to develop into a category three cyclone that could hit the Pilbara region, Australia's iron ore producing heartland, on Saturday. Source: Internet
Attorney-General John Quigley late yesterday told Parliament that the Queensland billionaire was seeking billions of dollars in damages related his Pilbara iron ore interests. Source: Internet
Flood warnings are also in place for Western Australia’s De Grey River catchment after a gusty tropical low dumped heavy rain from the Pilbara to the border with South Australia. Source: Internet
Huge clean energy projects, such as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, Western Australia, are set to produce gigawatts of electricity over vast expanses of land in the near future. Source: Internet
In the waters off the Pilbara Coast, in Western Australia, Woodside, Chevron, BHP and Shell are planning to open up new gasfields connected to a processing plant known as the Burrup Hub. Source: Internet