Wedgefield, Western Australia
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Wedgefield is an industrial area in Western Australia
's Pilbara region
, off Great Northern Highway
2 km north of South Hedland, and was gazetted in 1973. It contains a variety of light and service industry premises, and also supports a small residential population. It was named for surveyor and pioneer Charles Wedge
. At the 2006 census
, Wedgefield had a population of 538.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
's Pilbara region
Pilbara region of Western Australia
The Pilbara is a large, dry, thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia known for its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore...
, off Great Northern Highway
Great Northern Highway
The Great Northern Highway is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the state's capital Perth with its most northern port, Wyndham. It is in length, with being National Highway...
2 km north of South Hedland, and was gazetted in 1973. It contains a variety of light and service industry premises, and also supports a small residential population. It was named for surveyor and pioneer Charles Wedge
Charles Wedge
Charles Wedge was a surveyor and explorer of the North West of Western Australia. He was the eldest son of Edward Davy Wedge and the nephew of John Helder Wedge, with whom he arrived, together with his cousin John Charles Darke in 1824 in Van Diemens Land...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Wedgefield had a population of 538.