Iron Baron, South Australia
Iron Baron was a settlement associated with the Iron Baron iron ore mine (32°59′48″S 137°09′30″E) on Eyre Peninsula at the southern edge of South Australia's Far North region, 413 kilometres (257 miles) north-west of Adelaide.
| Iron Baron South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Iron Baron | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°59′54″S 137°09′26″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 26 April 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5601 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||||
| County | York | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
The settlement was situated about 200 metres from the eastern boundary of the mine. BHP owned and serviced the settlement, having built it about 1938. There were several dozen houses, a one-teacher primary school, a general store, oval, swimming pool, netball courts, picnic areas and licensed community club.
Before the mine’s re-opening in 2011, BHP bulldozed all the settlement's surface infrastructure, including buildings, into a pit at the mine. Employees now commute from Whyalla or elsewhere.
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