Wittenoom doesn’t exist anymore.
Not because it was abandoned—but because it was too dangerous to leave standing.
And its legacy is still killing people.
👇 Full story
#Wittenoom #Asbestos #GhostTown #AustralianHistory https://www.ryanjhite.com/2026/01/03/wittenoom-australias-blue-asbestos-ghost-town-that-still-isnt-dead/

Watch live, from Western Australia, the Smokey Feeble Channel

#westernaustralis #perth #Wittenoom #brit #cats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdFZIB4BGyU

"The Banjima people have the highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma in the world."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/peter-gordon-returns-to-wittenoom-for-banjima-asbestos-case/105985052

#Asbestosis #Banjima #FirstNations #Mesothelioma #Wittenoom

Killer Company James Hardie - Matt Peacock 2011.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-31/former-abc-journo-matt-peacock-has-died/104543110

Blue Murder CSR - Ben Hills 1989.
https://benhills.com/books/blue-murder/

Baryulgil & First Nations
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-15/baryulgil-the-asbestos-mining-town-in-nsw/103927234

#Capitalism #Baryulgil #JamesHardie #FirstNations #asbestos #CSR #Wittenoom #healthandsafety #MattPeacock #BenHills

https://asbestosdiseases.org.au/

4000 people die each year in Australia from asbestos-related diseases, including #mesothelioma, #asbestosis and asbestos-related lung cancer; three times the national road death toll.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-14/push-for-safe-affordable-asbestos-removal-to-prevent-deaths/104329370

#Wittenoom
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point/article/out-of-sight-australias-most-toxic-site-untouched-for-60-years/thhh43k9d

Baryulgil
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-15/baryulgil-the-asbestos-mining-town-in-nsw/103927234

#healthandsafety #wittenoom #Baryulgil

Too many toxic sites
Australia: plundered and polluted for “perfectly legal” profit

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point/article/out-of-sight-australias-most-toxic-site-untouched-for-60-years/thhh43k9d

#Asbestos #Asbestosis #Mesothelioma #Wittenoom / #Nambiguna #Pilbara.

#Wittenoom , a deadly erased #asbestos town. #history #westernaustralia #australia

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MoiE3tubc