Whyalla maritime museum

Steelworks site tours are every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9. Bookings Essential. Closed in footwear required. Your guide will explain how hematite and magnetite iron ore from the nearby South Middleback Ranges at Iron Duke is transformed into over 90 different grades of steel. Tours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.

Weekends and public holidays 10am—4pm. Contact us by filling out the form below and pressing "submit". Learn of steelmaking, ship building and the heritage of the area. Go fishing with a local, look over a mine and learn about what is deep underneath. Hear from a local the stories, the history and the facts. Learn of industry, of challenges and of success.

Learn of how Whyalla has evolved; imagine and experience life how it was in another lifetime and how it is now. Ship tours are at Bookings essential The ship stands high and dry, 2km from the sea and 2 metres off the ground.

Whyalla Steelworks Learn the stories and see behind the scenes of more than years of significant Australian iron and steelmaking history. Closed-In footwear is required. Search Tours Loading Whyalla Steelworks The Steelworks are a fully-integrated operation, starting with the mining of raw materials and ending with the distribution of finished steel products.

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