people faced many struggles for their rights throughout the early years, up until now in Australia. This text talks about the 1946 to 1949 Pilbara Strike that occurred on May 1st (‘May Day’) in the northern part of Western Australia. The Pilbara strike lasted for three years making it the lengthiest strike in Australian history (Stephen, 2006). This strike was about the aboriginal pastorals who worked on the Pilbara sheep and cattle stations wanting better wages and working conditions (Scrimgeour, 2014)
Regional Development in Western Australia (2003) states that above 70 per cent of Western Australia’s population dwell in Perth Metropolitan Area (urban area), where the areas only cover about one tenth of Western Australia’s land area. It means that, while regional areas cover more than 90 per cent of Western Australia’s land area, but there is only below one third of State’s population live in the areas. The term regional areas in this essay refers to the nine non-metropolitan regions, such as Kimberley
Greater Geraldton is one of the sub regions in the Midwest region of Western Australia with a territory covering Geraldton, Mullewa and Greenough. Historically, this three areas’ amalgamation began with the merger between Geraldton and Greenough in 2007. On the first of July 2011, the second amalgamation took place between Shire of Mullewa and the City of Geraldton-Greenough became Greater Geralton that was formalized by signing of amalgamation agreement by both local governments (Department of Local
Daisy Bindi was born in 1904 or 1914, in a cattle station, there’s no fix information about her birth, close to Jiglong, Western Sydney Australia. As an Aboriginal, she was known Mumaring/ a Nungaurda. Daisy was uneducated at school, and did not learn to read or write. In her childhood, she worked on Ethel Creek station where she learned to ride and manage horses, which qualified her to become equestrian and a tough fighter during her work in Ethel Creek station. In various pastoral stations Daisy
categorised as resources companies, there are a number of key differences between the companies, which determine how global factors affect their performance. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) is an Iron Ore mining company with operations in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Focusing solely on Iron Ore production, the company has two main hubs from where Iron Ore is mined: the Chichester Hub and Solomon Hub, which produce a combined total of 155 mtpa of Iron Ore. The ore is crushed and screened and then
operation 8 Others 8 Sustainable logistics and mining within Rio Tinto 9 Is the intersection of strategy, technology, operations and mining of our mineral natural resources heading over the decade that are coming 11 Business model innovation 11 In Australia 12 Workforce and Governance 12 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) 12 Globally 12 Asset management 12 Process improvement 12 References 14 Ans.1: Rio Tinto Snapshot
25 nations across the world shows its global presence and it has headquarters in Melbourne, Australia (Thompson & Macklin, 2010). History: Basically the history of BHP Billiton starts with the history of two firms and their merging together. In 1851, a tin mine was discovered on Billiton Island in Indonesia and after that Billiton become the largest producer in mining sector. On the other side, In Australia mining of silver, lead and zinc was discovered in Broken Hill (BHP) in 1885. In June 2001,
Executive Summary This report examines the existence of trends in the Australian share market with respect to the effect of profit announcements in the mining industry; specifically the effect on BHP Billiton. The price index of BHP Billiton and two of its competitors, namely Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group, on the Australian Stock Exchange has been recorded for 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after a profit announcement in order to facilitate an investigation into investor behaviour following the