Point Samson, Western Australia
Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Page Template:Infobox Australian place/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Point Samson is a small coastal settlement 1,579 kilometres (981 mi) north of Perth and 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town is a popular holiday location for the nearby mining towns, including Wickham, Karratha and Dampier. Fishing is the main industry.
From 1938 to 1966 blue asbestos, also known as crocidolite, was carried here by truck from Wittenoom for shiploading by the Australian Blue Asbestos company.[1]
The townsite was investigated for further development in the 1980s.[2]
The population of Point Samson was 235 at the 2021 census, slightly up from 231 at the 2016 census,[3] down from 298 in 2011 and 274 in 2006.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campbell Environmental Ltd; Western Australia. Dept. of Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare; Western Australia. Dept. of Land Administration; Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (1990), Monitoring and cleanup of asbestos at Point Samson for new site development, Campbell Environmental], retrieved 5 May 2012
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Allen, D. J; Western Australia. Dept of Land Administration. Land Planning Development and Management Division (1986), Point Samson townsite proposed development : planning report, Dept. of Land Administration, Land Planning Development and Management Division, retrieved 5 May 2012
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "2011 Community Profiles: Point Samson (State Suburb)". 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 3 February 2014.Script error: No such module "EditAtWikidata".Template:WikidataCheck
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series: Point Samson (State Suburb)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
Further reading
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rollo, Lindsay (2025). Iron Road: The Story of the Roebourne-Cossack-Point Samson Tramway. Perth: Independently published. ISBN 9780995393936.
External links
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