Weipa Bauxite Project

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Location: Weipa, Queensland, Australia

The Weipa Bauxite Project was designed to test the production, uses and feasibility of bauxite concrete. Weipa was the site of one of Australia's biggest deposits of bauxite.

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Location: Weipa, Queensland

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001554. [ Details ]

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Created: 21 September 2001
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