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Rio gifts archive to State Library

A DONATION of 50 significant historic materials from Rio Tinto Iron Ore has been gifted to the Western Australian State Library as part of celebrations of 50 years of iron ore in the Pilbara.

Noel Dyson
Rio Tinto's iron ore export dreams started with a first shipment on the Houn Maru.

Rio Tinto's iron ore export dreams started with a first shipment on the Houn Maru.

The materials include photographs, films, corporate reports, newsletters, oral histories and books. It conveys a range of historic and scientific themes of local, state and national significance, including...

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