Best mining towns in Australia
Where people actually live versus where they only fly.
Towns with a real residential footprint are often easier first bases than FIFO-only camps.
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WA — Gold
- Port Hedland, WA — Iron ore / port logistics
- Newman, WA — Iron ore
- Karratha, WA — Iron ore / LNG / industrial
- Tom Price, WA — Iron ore
- Mackay, QLD — Coal gateway (Bowen Basin)
- Moranbah, QLD — Coal
- Emerald, QLD — Coal / agriculture
- Mount Isa, QLD — Copper / lead / zinc
- Roxby Downs, SA — Copper / uranium (Olympic Dam)
- Singleton, NSW — Hunter Valley coal
- Muswellbrook, NSW — Coal