![]() Tom Price is a very sports-oriented community, partly due to the young population and the lack of other facilities within the town. Thomas Moore Price, born Januin Madison, North Carolina, died in September 1962, two hours after learning of the discovery of the deposits at what later was called Mt. ![]() Kaiser and active in the exploration and development of the Hamersley Range. Price was one of the main initiators and supporters of the opening up of the Pilbara region to iron ore mining, a long-time associate of Henry J. Tom Price (both the town, the mine and the mountain) was named after Thomas Moore Price (1891-1962), the vice-president of the giant United States steel company Kaiser Steel. Tom Price is the closest town to Karijini National Park and is serviced by the nearby Paraburdoo Airport. Tom Price had a population of 3005 at the 2016 census, and its median age of 31 reflected Tom Price's relatively young family-oriented community. Due to the mid-2000s and late-2010s resource booms in Western Australia, Tom Price is one of the more affluent non-metropolitan regions in Australia, with the average Rio Tinto employee's wage being significantly higher than the Australian average. ![]() ![]() Primarily an iron ore mining town, the Mount Tom Price mine (situated approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) out of town) is under the control of mining giant Rio Tinto. Tom Price is the highest town above sea level (747 metres (2,451 ft)) in Western Australia, and is consequently dubbed "Top Town in WA". It is located inland, at the edge of the Hamersley Range. Tom Price is a mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. ![]()
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