Talk:Pilbara

message: I removed :Image:Pilbara Regiment.png from the article because it is a grossly inaccurate representation of the region.  The actual boundaries of the Pilbara region can be seen in all their glory here. Hesperian 22:50, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed pic

message: Re the claim made in the article that the name 'Pilbara' comes '...from pilbarra an Aboriginal word for mullet'? Is there a source for this? A source language would be good too. A different claim has been made by linguists who have worked with the languages of the Pilbara, i.e. that it comes  from bilybarra (='nothing'), can't recall which language but I'll check asap. Dougg 05:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin of 'Pilbara'?

message: Why isn't this at Pilbara region, or even simply Pilbara? --Ptcamn 06:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because I imposed a consistent naming on all of the Regions of Western Australia articles when I wrote them a million years ago. Hesperian 06:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: Item removed -
 Due to mining in the Pilbara the rare olive python, which lives only in the Pilbara, is critically endangered because of damage to its habitat. 
Will reinsate in correct section (snakes are not a region) if a cite is found SatuSuro 10:33, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Snake

message: Perhaps someone who understands those danged conversion codes will have a look at the silly tonnage under Railways. Last time I was up there, ore was being shiploaded in tens of millions of tonnes annually, and each rail wagon carried over 100 tonnes. The figures here indicate that just one operator is now exporting 150 m tonnes annually. Cheers Bjenks (talk) 09:41, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong tonnage 

message: I have added a sourced but undated figure for the population in the infobox and lead section which contradicts the number in the body that has no citation.  Can anyone find the most recent, reliable figure? I guess the 2011 census results will be the most accurate but they aren't available for a while. - Shiftchange (talk) 03:36, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The ABS publishes "estimated regional population" - if you look at 2009-10, and download the XLS for Statistical Local Areas, there are summed statistics which include the Pilbara. That gives a population of 48,610 for June 2010. Orderinchaos 03:47, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought it may have the best calculation.  However I find the ABS website to be an appalling mess with a very unhelpful search so I don't go there. - Shiftchange (talk) 04:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I end up downloading the documents and putting them in a structure on my hard drive so I navigate their site as little as possible :P Orderinchaos 20:08, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: In the chart “Definitions” it lists the area of Pilbara as 17,823,126 hectares (which would be 178,231 sq.km.) But in the next section “General” it says  cited to a reliable-looking government source. These numbers are very different. Are they talking about two different things, or two different regions? Somebody who understands Australian geography will have to figure this out, I am just an ignorant Yankee. Thanks. -- MelanieN (talk) 21:54, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You seem to be the only people who have significantly edited this article recently, maybe you can solve this mystery. -- MelanieN (talk) 21:59, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The first figure (17,823,126 ha) is the area of the Pilbara bioregion, aka the Pilbara shrublands ecoregion. The Pilbara political region is larger, and extends eastwards to include a thinly-populated swath of the Great Sandy Desert. The ecoregion/bioregion has its own article, but this article is ambiguously about both the political region and the bioregion.Tom Radulovich (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just copyedited the text to clarify the issue. Bahudhara (talk) 04:34, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

text:  Sorry not to be able to help you answering this question. I only added a minor contribution to the Pilbara page after I contributed to that of Uluru mostly in the French language. I am not a specialist about Australia, just curious of this wonderful continent. Shinkolobwe (talk) 12:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can somebody figure this out?