This picturesque township is named in honour of Michael Samson, who accompanied the District’s first settler Mr Walter Padbury, on his journey in 1863.

In 1910 Point Samson was established as the major port for the Roebourne District. The initial development of Point Samson was largely due to the decline of Cossack as a shipping port, as a result of silting problems in the Tien Tsin Harbour, and the subsequent inability of Cossack to service larger vessels that were then beginning to service the growing population of the ... (more)