Marble Bar - WA

Marble Bar is a town in the Pilbara region of north-western Western Australia. It is well known for its extremely hot weather. The town was officially gazetted in 1893 following the discovery of gold in the area in 1890. The name Marble Bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar, known as Marble Bar, which runs across the bed of the Coongan River.

It had a railway connecting with Port Hedland up until the early 1950's, which can be seen as a narrow gauge precursor to the network of standard gauge iron-ore railways that have since been created across the Pilbara.

It is known as 'the hottest town in Australia.

See the list of Nearby Places to find out more about local facilities and nearby points of interest.

Facilities in town include a Caravan Park, a Hotel, the Travellers Stop. A little further out the back of town is Chinaman's Pool and Marble Bar Pool - natural watering holes suitable for swimming where you can also see the Jasper outcrop from which the town took its name. 7km out of town you'll find the Comet Gold Mine, which today operates as a museum and tourist centre.

A little over 35km to the south west of Marble Bar is the WW2 airfield of Corunna Downs. Also known as "The Invisible Airstrip" it played a major part in the destruction of the Japanese supply lines to the north of Australia. Marble Bar local authority & information centre has quite a lot of information on this piece of Australian wartime history.