From the Archives, 1953: Australia’s first commercial oil field

On this day in 1953, it was announced that West Australian Petroleum had discovered oil at Rough Range-1 in the Carnarvon Basin. This was the first well in Australia to flow oil at the surface and stimulated further onshore exploration and investment in the region.

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