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    Roebuck Bay is a bay on the coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its entrance is bounded in the north by the town of Broome, and in the...
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    water on both sides of the town. On the eastern shore are the waters of Roebuck Bay extending from the main jetty at Port Drive to Sandy Point, west of Thangoo...
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  • musician Roebuck, Dublin, a townland in south county Dublin, Ireland Roebuck, South Carolina, United States Roebuck Bay, Western Australia Roebuck Estate...
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    Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American actor and writer. In film, he is known for his roles as Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive...
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    -18.117; 122.267 Roebuck Bay Seaplane Base Roebuck Bay Seaplane Base, also called Broome Seaplane Base, was located in Roebuck Bay Western Australia...
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    William Dampier (category Shark Bay)
    north-east, reaching the Dampier Archipelago and Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now called Roebuck Bay, all the while recording and collecting specimens...
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    09:20, the Zeros made strafing attacks on the flying boat anchorage at Roebuck Bay and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Broome Airfield. No...
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    voyage. Some examples of important stopover locations are the Bay of Fundy and Delaware Bay. Some bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica baueri have the longest...
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  • Town to Hanover Bay and explore inland Hanover Bay 1861 The giant North West pearl oyster the Pinctada maxima was discovered in Roebuck Bay by the crew of...
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    Bay-class vessels, Roebuck Bay and Storm Bay, are still in service with the ABF. ACV Roebuck Bay (ABFC 200) ACV Holdfast Bay (ACV 20) ACV Botany Bay (ACV...
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    Sandpipers spending the non-breeding season in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia...
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    plan, the RAN would instead acquire a fleet of corvettes. 6 Bay-class patrol boats. 4 Bay-class patrol boats have been gifted to the Sri Lankan Navy and...
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    The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula located north of Broome and Roebuck Bay in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is surrounded by the Indian...
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    hinterland, the area around Broome and Roebuck Bay, and a coastal strip extending south-westwards from Roebuck Bay adjacent to Eighty Mile Beach. It is...
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    invested in the unsuccessful attempt to establish a pastoral settlement at Roebuck Bay. Eventually, Barlee again fell out of favour with the governor, this...
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  • 2014. "Ahmun" (PDF). sharkattackfile.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014. "RoebuckBay" (PDF). sharkattackfile.net. Retrieved 29 January 2014. "Farmer" (PDF)...
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  • Plains in the name is associated with wetlands situated adjacent to Roebuck Bay. The station is located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Broome...
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    provide a base for the study and enjoyment of the birds of Roebuck Bay and adjoining areas. The bay boasts the highest diversity of migratory waders in Australia...
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  • (3 ft 6 in) gauge.[citation needed] In 1889, a land grant railway from Roebuck Bay in Western Australia to Angle Pole in South Australia was proposed. This...
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    explored, naming Rosemary Island. He continued to Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now Roebuck Bay, before sailing for Timor. The town was built from 1965...
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    HMS Roebuck was a fifth-rate warship in the Royal Navy which, under the command of William Dampier, carried the first British scientific expedition to...
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  • Rosemary Island on 22 August. He continued to Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now Roebuck Bay, before sailing for Timor. In 2016, archaeologists from...
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    believed that they made kidnapping raids and ranged as far south as Roebuck Bay (later Broome) where 'quite a fleet' was seen around 1866. Sholl believed...
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    Wikidata Q126680180. Burney, James (1803). "7. Voyage of Captain William Dampier, in the Roebuck, to New Holland". A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South...
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  • 18.000°S 122.200°E / -18.000; 122.200 (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean Roebuck Bay - passing just south of Broome, Western Australia 18°0′S 122°22′E /...
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    that the flying boat was destroyed by an attack of 9 Japanese Zeros in Roebuck Bay and Broome Airport on 3rd March 1942.File:Broome_Airport_Engine_Display_Plaque...
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    "Derby (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.  "Notes from Roebuck Bay". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 12 July 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2018...
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    The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón)...
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  • large areas of good pastoral land were discovered around Roebuck Bay. A company, the Roebuck Bay Pastoral and Agricultural Association Ltd, was formed to...
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    a round-Australia cruise, the ship grounded on a sand shoal outside Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. The damage did not prevent the ship from operating...
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