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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)...
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    the Broome GPO, Western Australia. Broome International Airport is the regional hub of the northwestern part of Western Australia. It is considered the...
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  • Broome may refer to: Broome, Western Australia Broome International Airport Broome Tramway Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome Shire of Broome Attack on...
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    The town of Broome, Western Australia, was attacked by Japanese fighter planes on 3 March 1942, during World War II. At least 88 civilians and Allied...
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    ISBN 9781863955614. Broome (2019). Aboriginal Australians. Allen & Unwin. p. 21. ISBN 9781760872625. Broome (2019). Aboriginal Australians. Allen & Unwin....
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  • earthquakes recorded in Australia and its territories. The currency used is the Australian dollar (A$) unless noted otherwise. Broome, 16 August 1929, magnitude...
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    Broome KCMG (18 November 1842 – 26 November 1896) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire, serving in Natal, Mauritius, Western Australia,...
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  • The inaugural flight, part of Western Australia's Inter-Regional Flight Network (IRFN) from Geraldton to Broome occurred on 10 July. The company slogan...
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    HMAS Broome (ACPB 90), named for the city of Broome, Western Australia, was an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Armidale-class...
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    Japanese A6M2 Zero fighters attacked the town of Broome, in northern Western Australia. Although Broome was a small town, it had become a significant air...
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  • Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of two prisons in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In 2012...
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  • Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin is a pidgin that sprang up in Broome, Western Australia in the early 20th century to facilitate communication between the...
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    of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia. Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889. Low cliffs...
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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...
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    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...
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    has a regional campus in Broome in the Kimberley region. It was established by an act of the Parliament of Western Australia in 1989. Its Perth campus...
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  • to Australian English, post-contact languages spoken in the Kimberley include Aboriginal English, Kriol, Pidgin English and the Malay-based Broome Pearling...
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    in the Z Special Unit Commandos in the Australian Army and worked behind enemy lines. Returning to work in Broome, Samsudin protested at a 10% cut in wages...
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  • The Broome Tramway was an industrial tramway in Broome, Western Australia. A horse-drawn, 2 ft gauge, Tramway was originally completed in 1898 to convey...
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    Australia. 27 August 1910. p. 8 (DAILY). Retrieved 18 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia. "RACIAL RIOT AT BROOME". The West Australian....
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    coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its entrance is bounded in the north by the town of Broome, and in the south by Bush Point and Sandy...
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    approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) east of Rowley Shoals, Broome, Australia. The derelict was subsequently scuttled. 24 March 2006 – The MT Jian...
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    "Indigenous Australia". Cambridge History of Australia, Volume 2. pp. 333–34. Broome, Richard (2019). pp. 195–98 Broome, Richard (2019). pp. 172 Broome, Richard...
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    HMAS Broome (J191), named for the town of Broome, Western Australia, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of...
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    List of Qantas fatal accidents (category Use Australian English from March 2018)
    While Qantas has never had a fatal jet airliner accident, the Australian national airline suffered losses in its early days before the widespread adoption...
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    GippsAero GA8 Airvan (category Use Australian English from May 2011)
    Romania Air Fraser Island, Australia Air Kimberley, Australia California Highway Patrol Circle Air, Iceland Fly Broome, Australia Glenorchy Air, New Zealand...
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    The Anglican Church of the Annunciation is a historic church in Broome, Western Australia. Also known as the Pro Cathedral of the Annunciation and The Little...
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    Christopher Saunders (category Roman Catholic bishops of Broome)
    (born 15 January 1950) is an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the bishop of the Latin Church diocese of Broome from 1996 to 2021, when he...
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  • The Municipality of Broome was a local government area in Western Australia centred on the coastal town of Broome. It existed from 1904 to 1918. It was...
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  • Richard Laurence Broome, AM, FAHA (born 1 October 1948) is an Australian historian, academic, and emeritus professor of history at La Trobe University...
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