Sights in The Kimberley
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Zebra Rock Gallery
Zebra Rock Gallery, on the Ord River about 15km from Kununurra, produces jewellery and sculptures from the unique zebra rock found around Argyle Downs Station.
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Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park
Right behind Cable Beach is the legacy of Australia's original crocodile-hunter-turned-conservationist. Visit during feeding time. There's also the Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Wildlife Park outside Broome.
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Malcolm Douglas Wildlife Park
Entering through the jaws of a giant crocodile, visitors arrive at this 30-hectare animal refuge and wildlife park opened by Malcolm Douglas in 2005. This naturally designed park, 16km north of Broome, is home to dozens of crocs at two billabongs (feedings at 3pm), as well as kangaroos, cassowaries, emus, dingoes, jabirus and numerous bird species.
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Manbana Aquaculture Hatchery & Discovery Centre
Manbana Aquaculture Hatchery & Discovery Centre is Australia's first indigenous-owned commercial aquaculture hatchery and a discovery centre exploring the role the Kimberley waters have played in the lives of local Aboriginal people. Learn how they fished and pearled, get close to a variety of live marine species, and feed barramundi!
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Courthouse
The elegant old teak Courthouse was built in 1889 to house staff from the Eastern Extension Australasian and China Telegraph Company which linked Broome to Java by an underwater cable - it came ashore at Cable Beach, ran across the current airport site, and finished here! Markets are held in the Courthouse gardens every Saturday.
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Japanese Cemetery
A number of cemeteries testify to the multicultural makeup of Broome society. On Frederick St, there's a Japanese Cemetery with 919 graves (mostly pearl divers). Unfortunately at the time of research, over 100 Japanese graves had been sadly desecrated during the Shinju Matsuri festival.
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Krim Benterrak
Look out for the work of Broome's greatest talent, Moroccan-Australian Krim Benterrak a Kimberley resident of some 20 years, who captures the magical colour and light of Broome better than anyone. Serious art lovers can see his work in his home studio by appointment.
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Mirima National Park
A short stroll east of town (1.5km), this national park is a stunning area of rugged sedimentary formations that look like mini Bungle Bungles. The 350-million-year-old sandstone rock has taken shape by uplift over the past 20 million years.
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Old Derby Gaol
The Old Derby Gaol, next to the police station, is the town’s oldest building, dating to 1906, and is a grim reminder of the hostility and violence between the Indigenous people and European settlers that racked the town from the late 1800s.
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Broome 6 Gallery
Broome 6 Gallery started off representing six local artists but shows other Kimberley artists and is a great supporter of the Mowanjum Community working in the Wandjina Art Tradition.
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Chinese Cemetery
A number of cemeteries testify to the multicultural makeup of Broome society. On Frederick St, there's a Chinese Cemetery with more than 90 graves and several monuments.
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Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Centre
This Arts Centre is an Aboriginal-owned art gallery and studio where some 50 local artists work in their unique abstract style using ochre pigments.
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Broome Museum
Interesting exhibits here document the town's pearling history and Japanese bombing during WWII. Enter via Saville St.
A number of cemeteries testify to the multicultural makeup of Broome society. The most striking is the Japanese Cemetery with 919 graves (mostly pearl divers) while Chinese and Muslim cemeteries are nearby. There's a small pioneer cemetery by Town Beach, overlooking the bay.
Tiny Town Beach is fine for a dip, just ensure it's not stinger season, while the port (7km south of the centre) has a pleasant sandy beach and good fishing from the jetty. You might even see whales, turtles or dolphins.
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Pioneer Cemetery
A number of cemeteries testify to the multicultural makeup of Broome society. There's a small Pioneer Cemetery overlooking Roebuck Bay by Town Beach,
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Monsoon Gallery
Has an eclectic range of art by Aboriginal and other local artists, along with quality prints, photography, sculpture, textiles, glass and ceramics.
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Our Land Gallery
This Gallery has a great range of ochre paintings from the Kimberley as well as didgeridoos and acrylics from the Territory.
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Muslim Cemetery
A number of cemeteries testify to the multicultural makeup of Broome society. In Frederick St, there's a Muslim Cemetery.
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Yaruman Artists Centre
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Wharefinger Museum
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Warmun Arts
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Warlayirti Artists Centre
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Laarri Gallery
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Sun Pictures
Sink back in a canvas deckchair in the world's oldest operating picture gardens and enjoy the latest movies. The history of the Sun building is the history of Broome itself – don't miss the informative history tours .
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Gantheaume Point
In the dying sun, red, eroded cliffs turn scarlet at this peaceful lookout. Nearby lie one of the world's most varied collections of dinosaur footprints, thought to be 135 million years old, and difficult to find except at very low tides.
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Chinatown
Few Chinese remain in Broome's historical and commercial heart, though tin shanties are still visible lining Carnarvon St, Short St, Dampier Tce and Napier Tce.
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