That's Australia — Season 1, Episode 20: Iron Island
Documentary • 6 min • 1 season, 26 episodes
Episode synopsis
A little known fact is that many of Brome's pearling lugers carried tons of almost pure iron ore as ballast. The source of this rich mineral deposit is a few hundred kilometers to the north of Broome in the Buccaneer Archaopaeologo at Koolan and Cockatoo Island.
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Looks at different aspects of Australian life, from country to city, from historical to contemporary, and from amusing to serious.