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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 ]
Perth Metropolitan Region 61,262 64,677 69,283 13 City of Kalamunda: Perth Metropolitan Region 53,567 57,449 58,762 14 City of Kwinana: Perth Metropolitan Region 29,227 38,918 45,867 15 City of South Perth: Perth Metropolitan Region 40,739 41,989 43,405 16 City of Belmont: Perth Metropolitan Region 35,209
The Shire of Broome was first established as the second Broome Road District on 20 December 1918, when it was separated from the West Kimberley Road District. The area had been previously represented by an earlier Broome Road District (1901-1908) and the Municipality of Broome (1904-1918) but both had merged back into the West Kimberley district.
In the 1930's, Emile Genoni's farm named 'Etna' in Broome Hill was one of a group twelve farms around Australia experimenting with farming practices nowadays known as biodynamic agriculture. [ 16 ] A cooperative was discussed in 1920 with insufficient capital being raised, [ 17 ] in 1921 the cooperative commenced operations after having taken ...
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 Sun Picture Gardens (also known as Sun Pictures) is the world's oldest picture gardens still in operation.It is located in Broome, Western Australia. [1] Unlike most outdoor cinemas, it screens multiple films per night; the majority of outdoor cinemas screen one or two films a week.
The University of Notre Dame Australia is a public Roman Catholic university with campuses in Perth, Broome and Sydney. [a] It was established in 1989 by the Archdiocese of Perth with early support from its founding partner and namesake the University of Notre Dame (NDUS) in the United States.
Broome [13] 1939: Isaac Steinberg arrives in Perth to promote Kimberley Plan to resettle Jewish refugees in northern Australia: Perth: 1942: Japanese planes attack Broome, killing at least 88: Broome: 1943: Drysdale River mission bombed by Japanese, killing 6: Kalumburu: 1944: Construction of Mungalalu Truscott Airbase completed: Mungalalu ...