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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Shire Of Broome
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 kilometres (21,543 sq mi), most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire's estimated population as at the 2016 census was 16,222 most of whom reside in the town of Broome. Many Aboriginal communities are within the Shire, notably Beagle Bay and Bardi (One Arm Point).

The Shire of Broome includes the Rowley Shoals 260 km (162 mi) to the west.

History

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.

It was declared a shire with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.

Elected council

The Shire is divided into two wards.

  • Broome Ward (seven councillors)
  • Dampier Ward (two councillors)
Ward Councillor Position
Broome

Ward

  Harold Tracey President
  Desiree Male Deputy president
  Chris Mitchell JP
  Bruce Rudeforth Jnr
  Peter Taylor
  Nik Wevers
  Vacant
Dampier

Ward

  Elsta Foy
  Philip Matsumoto

2023 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections § Broome.[edit]
2023 Western Australian local elections: Broome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Melanie Virgo (elected) 389 21.43
Labor Ellen Smith (elected) 288 15.87
Independent Jan Lewis (elected) 200 11.02
Independent Elsta Foy 162 8.93
Independent Edward Fleming 155 8.54
Independent James Carpenter 134 7.38
Independent Gwen Knox 131 7.22
Independent Johani Mamid (elected) 127 7.00
Independent Brendan Renkin 118 6.50
Independent Mala Haji-Ali 81 4.46
Independent Jerome Herveux 30 1.65
Total formal votes 1,815 98.64
Informal votes 25 1.36
Turnout 1,840 20.48

Towns and localities

The towns and localities of the Shire of Broome with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:

Locality Population Area Map
Bilingurr 1,540 (SAL 2021) 13.1 km (5.1 sq mi) Map
Broome 3,797 (SAL 2021) 7.4 km (2.9 sq mi) Map
Cable Beach 5,730 (SAL 2021) 9.4 km (3.6 sq mi) Map
Dampier Peninsula 1,051 (SAL 2021) 4,898.4 km (1,891.3 sq mi) Map
Djugun 3,291 (SAL 2021) 9.7 km (3.7 sq mi) Map
Eighty Mile Beach 120 (SAL 2021) 9,001.3 km (3,475.4 sq mi) Map
Gingerah 0 (SAL 2021) 26,484.6 km (10,225.8 sq mi) Map
Lagrange 634 (SAL 2021) 3,228.1 km (1,246.4 sq mi) Map
Minyirr 76 (SAL 2021) 13.1 km (5.1 sq mi) Map
Roebuck * 606 (SAL 2021) 5,582.4 km (2,155.4 sq mi) Map
Waterbank * 110 (SAL 2021) 6,634 km (2,561 sq mi) Map
  • (* indicates locality is only partially located within this shire)

Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities in the Shire of Broome:

Heritage-listed places

Main article: List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Broome

As of 2023, 144 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Broome, of which 51 are on the State Register of Heritage Places, among them the Sun Picture Gardens, Broome Cable House and Anglican Church of the Annunciation.