Paraburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region of
Western Australia. It is located 1,536 kilometres
north of Perth and 79 kilometres southwest of Tom
Price. Paraburdoo was developed in the early
1970s to support Hamersley Iron's (now Pilbara
Iron) local iron ore mining operations, and
gazetted as a town in 1972. Most of the town's
residents are employed by Pilbara Iron's mining
operation and the supporting services.

Paraburdoo (Ashburton) is located in the Pilbara
region, Western Australia (WA) in Australia. The
satellite coordinates of Paraburdoo are: latitude
23°12'0"S and longitude 117°40'17"E.
In the 2011 Australian census the population of
Paraburdoo was 1,509 when there were 672
Females and 837 Males living there