About Don Rhodes Mining Museum
The Don Rhodes Mining Museum is an open-air museum on Wilson Street in Port Hedland, Western Australia. It displays large mining and railway equipment from the Pilbara iron ore industry and honours mining pioneer Donald Rhodes. Located near Marapikurrinya Park in the town centre, the museum preserves machinery, locomotives and artefacts that illustrate the development of mining in the region from the 1960s onwards.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect an outdoor, open-air museum with large-scale mining machinery, historic locomotives, wagons and earthmoving equipment displayed on open ground. The site is unfenced and arranged as a walk-through display with interpretive panels explaining each exhibit and the history of iron ore mining in the Pilbara. The setting is flat and exposed with little shade, adjacent to parkland and close to the Port Hedland waterfront and town centre.
Key highlights
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Large collection of historic mining machinery and earthmoving equipment
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Preserved locomotives and railway wagons from Pilbara iron ore operations
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Statue and memorial to mining pioneer Don Rhodes
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Interpretive signage explaining Pilbara mining history
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Open-air, free-access display near Marapikurrinya Park