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Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru people, is a coastal pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2,046 km (1,271 mi) north of Perth. The town recorded a population of 14,660 in the 2021 census. [1] It is the largest town in the Kimberley region.
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Barramundi are bred in Lake Argyle, and Broome features a fully equipped Aquaculture Park near the port; tenants include Paspaley Pearls and Broome TAFE. The Kimberley also has a thriving fishing industry. Some of Australia's most prominent indigenous artists and art centres are in or adjacent to the Kimberley region.
The Shire of Broome is one of the four local government areas in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of 55,796 square kilometres (21,543 sq mi), most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire's estimated population as at the 2016 census was 16,222 most of whom reside in the town of Broome.
In Western Australia, preserved examples include those in the Western Australian Maritime Museum collection, including Trixen - built in Broome and used at all major pearling locations around Australia, [18] Ancel also built in Broome, [19] and The Galla used in Shark Bay and now privately owned anchored at Denham. [20]
Cable Beach is a 22 km (14 mi) stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia.Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889.
The Pearl Coast Zoological Gardens, also known as the Pearl Coast Zoo, [6] or simply Broome Zoo, [6] was a 64-acre (26 ha) zoo founded by Lord Alistair McAlpine in the Cable Beach suburb of Broome, Western Australia. First opened in 1984 as the Pearl Coast Wildlife Park, [1] by 1988 the zoo had more than doubled in size. [7]
Western Australia portal; Pages in category "People from Broome, Western Australia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.