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Title: Town of Port Hedland - History - http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/town/history.html
Description:The Pilbara called Bilybarra by many different Indigenous groups of the region means dry country.  In April 1863 Captain Peter Hedland aboard the cutter Mystery nosed his craft into the narrow entrance of a channel and discovered a magnificent sheet of water appearing like an inland lake. He named it Mangrove Harbour and two months later it was renamed Port Hedland by the Surveyor-General in his honor.
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Date Added:August 13, 2008 04:42:45 AM
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