How Old Is Whyalla, South Australia?

Whyalla's modern history:

• 1901: Proclaimed as "Hummock Hill" – company town for BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary)
• 1915: First blast furnace lit – birth of Whyalla Steelworks (now Liberty Steel)
• 1920: Renamed Whyalla (Aboriginal: "place of deep water")
• 1940s: Shipbuilding boom (WWII corvettes)
• 1970: City status granted

Age depends on marker:

• As proclaimed settlement: 123 years (from 1901)
• As industrial steel city: 109 years (from 1915)
• As named "Whyalla": 104 years (from 1920)

Today: ~21,000 people; transitioning from steel to green hydrogen, tourism, education (UniSA campus).