Whyalla South Australia

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It was April 16, 1920 when the town was proclaimed as Whyalla. The conveyor on the jetty was first improved and ore began to be shipped to the newly constructed Newcastle, New South Wales steelworks. The town then grew slowly until year 1938. The BHP Indenture Act was proclaimed in year 1937 and also provided the impetus for the building of a furnace and the harbour. In year 1939 the blast furnace and harbour began to be constructed & a commitment for a pipeline from the Murray River was finally built. A shipyard was built to provide ships for the Royal Australian Navy. The population started to rise dramatically and many new facilities, including a hospital and abbatoirs, were then built. In year 1941 the first ever ship from the latest shipyard, HMAS Whyalla, was released and the blast furnace became operational. By year 1943 the population was more than 5,000. On 31 March 1943 the Murray River pipeline from Morgan became operational. In year 1945 the city came under combined company and public administration and the shipyard began producing commercial ships. In year 1948 displaced persons began arriving from Europe.

A narrow gauge so-called tramway was built to Iron Knob to supply iron ore originally used as flux when smelting copper ore. This ore became the basis of the steelworks. As the Iron Knob deposits were worked out, the railway was diverted to other sources of ore at Iron Monarch, Iron Duke, Iron Prince, and Iron Baron. To enable interchange between the BHP's other steelworks in Newcastle and Port Kembla of specialised rollingstock, the train system within the Whyalla steelworks was converted to standard gauge circa year 1963. Although the steelworks produced railway rail, for several decades there was no railway connection to the mainland system. Finally in 1972, a standard gauge link to Port Augusta was completed. Some iron ore is exported from Whyalla. In 2007, steps were being taken to export iron ore from Peculiar Knob, 600 km away. Whyalla is served by Whyalla Airport, with Regional Express flying into Whyalla from Adelaide several times a day. On May 31, 2000, Whyalla Airlines Flight 904 crashed into the Gulf of Spencer due to engine failure in mid flight. All eigh passengers on board (1 Pilot, 7 Passengers) died. The city is also served by Premier Stateliner which operates 4 coach services to and from Adelaide each week day (less on weekends) and one service each way to Pt. Lincoln.

In the late 1990s the spectacular annual migration of the Australian Giant Cuttlefish Sepia to the coral reef areas in the Spencer Gulf north of Whyalla around Black Pt and Pt Lowly became recognised by international diverse.It has also come to the attention of divers of Whyalla, that the same area in which the cuttlefish breed is, just a few months later, the place of congregation for squid, which also come there to breed. This has only come to the attention of the locals in year 2005. There are also lots of dolphins that frequent the local marina. The Whyalla Conservation Park also provides an example of the natural semi-arid environment. The Hummock Hill lookout provides excellent views across the town, the port and the coast. Whyalla is home to the annual Snapper Fishing Competition. Those who have not fished commercially in the past twelve months are invited to even try their luck over a weekend. Moreover, Prizes are awarded bases on individual fish weights. Tagging also takes place at this time in Whyalla.