Delve into Newman
Newman in East Pilbara (Western Australia) with it's 5,138 habitants is a town located in Australia about 1,943 mi (or 3,127 km) north-west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
Time in Newman is now 07:41 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Australia / Perth with an UTC offset of 8 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Newman. The closest airport in Australia is Newman Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 82 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
Night Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 19% |
Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 7% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
26°C (78 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
27°C (80 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
29°C (84 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
MIA MIA HOUSE IN THE DESERT
THE NEWMAN HOTEL
Videos from this area
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LandCorp | Newman Revitalisation Fly Through - Part 1
Newman, a key service centre for some of the world's largest iron ore mines, is located 1186km north of Perth. Due to significant growth in the resources sector, the demand for homeowner and...
NewmanJetsprint
Adam Doing a run in the Jetsprint Boat track located in Newman WA. Newman Jetsprint Club is a newly formed club and is seeking new members get aboard and help make this club work.
Martumili Artists - The Money Story
Explains how revenue from artwork is handled and how the artists are paid. Part 3 of a DVD produced for Martumili Artists as part of our business plan. The DVD, "Martumili Artists: An Explanatio...
Martumili Artists - The Art Centre
Short video explaining how the Art Centre operates and what we do. Part 1 of a DVD produced for Martumili Artists as part of our business plan. The DVD, "Martumili Artists: An Explanation...
Martumili Artists - Selling Your Art
In this video the process of selling artwork is covered. Martumili catalogues the art, submits it to Galleries and Exhibitions, markets the works, and then collects payment which is passed...
Martumili Artists - Simple Things to Save Everyone Money
A video for the Artists working for Martumili explaining ways to help the art centre save money and not waste resources. Part 4 of a DVD produced for Martumili Artists as part of our business...
Wild Weather at Work!
Lightning, Strong winds and the day before it was 40 degrees Celsius. Welcome to Australia!
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Newman, Western Australia
Newman is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres north of Perth, and 9 kilometres north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It can be reached by the Great Northern Highway. In the 2006 Australian census, its population was 4,245. Newman is a modern mining town, with suburban-style homes contrasting with the surrounding reddish desert. The Hickman Crater is 35 kilometres north of Newman.
Shire of East Pilbara
The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and with an area close to 380,000 square kilometres, is the third largest municipality in the world, after two new municipalities in Greenland. The municipality is bigger than many countries, for example Norway. The Shire's seat of government, and home to slightly over half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.
Newman Senior High School
Newman Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Newman, a regional centre 1,186 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. The school was established in 1961 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 243 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 25% of whom were Aboriginal. The school initially opened as a junior high school in 1971 and continued to operate as one until becoming a high school in 1974.
Newman Power Station
Newman Power Station is a power station in Newman, WA part of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is a 178MW natural gas-fired power station servicing BHP Billiton’s “islanded grid”. Newman currently provides 100% of the power requirement of the islanded grid which supplies electricity to the Mt Newman Joint Venture operated by BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Parnpajinya community
Parnpajinya is a small Aboriginal community, located proximate to Newman in the Pilbara (Western Australia) Region of Western Australia, within the Shire of East Pilbara.