Paraburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located at 23°12'S 117°40' E, 1,536 kilometres north of Perth and 79 kilometres southwest of Tom Price. It has a population of around 1,200 people. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley Iron's local iron ore mining operations, and gazetted as a town in 1972. Most of the town's residents are employed by Hamersley Iron's mining operation and the supporting services.
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