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Danggu Gorge National Park, Fitzroy River, 2007. Dan͟ggu Geikie Gorge), formerly Geikie Gorge, is a feature of the Napier Range located within the National Park, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Fitzroy Crossing. It is believed to be one of the best-known and most easily accessed gorges in the region.
Fitzroy House on Fitzroy Park was demolished in 1828 having been built in 1770. [2] The grounds of Fitzroy House were reputedly designed by Capability Brown, and extended across the whole of the present site of the modern road. [1] No. 6 was designed by the Danish architect Erhard Lorenz for the engineer Ove Arup and his family.
Fitzroy Crossing is a small town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Broome and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Halls Creek.It is approximately 2,524 kilometres (1,568 mi) from the state capital of Perth.
Fitzroy Crossing Airport (IATA: FIZ, ICAO: YFTZ) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest [1] of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia.. The Airport has basic amenities including an undercover waiting area, water fountain and toilet facility for passengers.
It was established as the West Kimberley Road District on 10 February 1887. The first Broome Road District separated on 15 November 1901 and the Municipality of Broome separated on 30 September 1904, but were re-absorbed on 24 July 1908 and 13 December 1918 respectively; the Broome area then again separated as the second Broome Road District (now the Shire of Broome) on 20 December 1918.
Record floods occurred in 1983, 1986, [19] 2002, [20] and 2023 with approximately 13 to 15 metres of water over the old concrete crossing. The flow rate down the 15 km-wide flood plain at Fitzroy Crossing was estimated to be 60,000 cubic metres per second, [21] making it the biggest rush of water in any river in Australia in recorded history.
It is situated about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Fitzroy Crossing and approximately 230 kilometres (143 mi) south east of Derby, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. The property has approximately 35 miles (56 km) of double frontage to the Fitzroy River, including many permanent pools of water. Mount Hardman and numerous creeks are also ...
He applied for an area of 100 square miles (259 km 2) at the junction of the Margaret and Fitzroy Rivers. [2] The MacDonalds, together with the McKenzie family from the junction near Tuena, who were close friends and related through marriage to the MacDonalds, formed a partnership to stock and equip the station in Western Australia. The ...