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This is a list of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. The State Register of Heritage Places is maintained by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.

As of 2020, 97 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of East Pilbara,

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The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, as of 2020, lists the following seven state registered places within the Shire of East Pilbara:

Place name Place # Location Suburb or town Co-ordinates Built State
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Corunna Downs Station & Former Wartime Airbase 3695 Salgash Corunna Downs Road, approximately 40 km south of Marble Bar Marble Bar 21°27′49″S 119°50′35″E / 21.46361°S 119.84306°E / -21.46361; 119.84306 (Corunna Downs Station) 1897 30 March 2007
  • Also referred to as Brockman's Station (1890s)
  • Typical example of a pastoral homestead group in the North West
Corunna Downs Station 24460 Salgash Corunna Downs Road Marble Bar 21°27′49″S 119°50′35″E / 21.46361°S 119.84306°E / -21.46361; 119.84306 (Corunna Downs Station)
  • Part of Corunna Downs Station & Former Wartime Airbase Precinct (3695)
Corunna Downs Wartime Air Base 14200 Salgash Corunna Downs Road Marble Bar 21°26′00″S 119°46′58″E / 21.43333°S 119.78278°E / -21.43333; 119.78278 (Corunna Downs Wartime Air Base) 1940
  • Part of Corunna Downs Station & Former Wartime Airbase Precinct (3695)
  • Remains of a rare example in Western Australia of a strategic RAAF heavy bomber base, the only one in the RAAF’s Western Area used for a substantial number of heavy bomber operations during World War II
Government Buildings 814 26 & 31 Station Street and Lot 500 Station Street Marble Bar 21°10′21″S 119°44′35″E / 21.17250°S 119.74306°E / -21.17250; 119.74306 (Government Buildings) 1895 1 October 2002
Ironclad Hotel 3954 Francis Street Marble Bar 21°10′17″S 119°44′41″E / 21.17139°S 119.74472°E / -21.17139; 119.74472 (Ironclad Hotel) 1892 17 November 2006
  • Hotel & Store Group - prior to fire at Store, Osborn's Hotel/Walter's Hotel/Osborn Parlour
  • Formerly included the Marble Bar Liquor & General Store, which was destroyed by fire in November 2004 and demolished
  • Example of North West Vernacular style architecture, with its corrugated iron wall cladding and roofs
Halley's Comet Gold Mine 14198 Hillside Marble Bar Road Marble Bar 21°14′05″S 119°43′35″E / 21.23472°S 119.72639°E / -21.23472; 119.72639 (Halley's Comet Gold Mine) 1936 14 July 2006
  • Also referred to as Comet Mine, Comet Gold Mine
  • Former gold mine operation, consisting of an office, store, assay room, fitting shop, crushing shop, power house and gold room
Poinciana House 817 50 Augusta Street Marble Bar 21°10′15″S 119°44′51″E / 21.17083°S 119.74750°E / -21.17083; 119.74750 (Poinciana House) 1909 17 November 2006
  • Also referred to as CWA Centre, G J W G Miles House
  • Rare example of a stone residence in the North West
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