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2. Cable Beach - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Broome, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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   Panorama of Cable Beach Tourists riding camels at Cable Beach in Broome at sunset. Named for the Java-to-Australia undersea telegraph cable that reaches shore there, Cable Beach is situated 7 km (4.3 mi) from town along a bitumen road. The beach itself is 22.5 km (14.0 mi) long with white sand, washed by tides that can reach over 9 m (30 ft). [4]

4. List of social nudity places in Oceania - Wikipedia

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   The following resort is Naturist: Sunseekers Nudist Club [34] [35] The following beaches are used by naturists, but nude bathing may not be legally protected: Cable Beach, Broome; Redgate Beach, Margaret River

5. Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green - Wikipedia

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   Life-size bronze statue of Lord McAlpine outside Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia by sculptor Linda Klarfeld. McAlpine first went to Western Australia around 1960, after hearing that the government was to privatise road-building. [4] In the mid-1960s he went to Perth to work, developing office blocks [4] and the first five-star hotel in ...

6. Cyclone Rosita - Wikipedia

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   Parts of Cable Beach were severely eroded. An area which used to be covered with sand was completely covered by rocks. The eastern side of Roebuck Bay had evidence of severe erosion of the coastal terrain. [1] At Broome's only banana plantation, almost all crops were completely lost, with 10 out of 18,000 plants left surviving. [6]

7. Broome Cable House - Wikipedia

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   The Broome Cable House opened on 9 April 1889 and is now known as the Broome Court House. Constructed in 1879, the facility was used as a cable station until March 1914. [1] It is listed on the Western Australia State Heritage Register. [2] The building was occupied by November 1889 and included rooms for the cable station and separate living ...