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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Aostralia)" title="Kimberley (Aostralia) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kimberley (Aostralia)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Austr%C3%A0lia_Occidental)" title="Kimberley (Austràlia Occidental) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kimberley (Austràlia Occidental)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australien)" title="Kimberley (Australien) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kimberley (Australien)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australia_Occidental)" title="Kimberley (Australia Occidental) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kimberley (Australia Occidental)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Okcidenta_A%C5%ADstralio)" title="Kimberley (Okcidenta Aŭstralio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kimberley (Okcidenta Aŭstralio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C)" title="کیمبرلی (استرالیای غربی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیمبرلی (استرالیای غربی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australie)" title="Kimberley (Australie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kimberley (Australie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley,_Australia_Occidental" title="Kimberley, Australia Occidental – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kimberley, Australia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%B4%EB%B2%8C%EB%A6%AC_(%EC%9B%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4%EC%98%A4%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="킴벌리 (웨스턴오스트레일리아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="킴벌리 (웨스턴오스트레일리아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australia_Barat)" title="Kimberley (Australia Barat) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kimberley (Australia Barat)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australia)" title="Kimberley (Australia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kimberley (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99_(%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94)" title="קימברלי (אוסטרליה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קימברלי (אוסטרליה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="კიმბერლი (დასავლეთი ავსტრალია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კიმბერლი (დასავლეთი ავსტრალია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Кимберли – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кимберли" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberlis_(Australija)" title="Kimberlis (Australija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kimberlis (Australija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_r%C3%A9gi%C3%B3" title="Kimberley régió – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kimberley régió" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australia_Barat)" title="Kimberley (Australia Barat) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kimberley (Australia Barat)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Australi%C3%AB)" title="Kimberley (Australië) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kimberley (Australië)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F" title="キンバリー地域 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キンバリー地域" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberli" title="Kimberli – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kimberli" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(wy%C5%BCyna)" title="Kimberley (wyżyna) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kimberley (wyżyna)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Austr%C3%A1lia_Ocidental)" title="Kimberley (Austrália Ocidental) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kimberley (Austrália Ocidental)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B8)" title="Кимберли (округ Австралии) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кимберли (округ Австралии)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)" title="Kimberley (Western Australia) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kimberley (Western Australia)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_(%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%95%DB%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7)" title="کیمبێرلی (ئوسترالیای ڕۆژاوا) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کیمبێرلی (ئوسترالیای ڕۆژاوا)" 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line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><span class="fn org locality">Kimberley</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 300px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="300" data-zoom="4" data-lat="-18" data-lon="127" data-overlays="["_ef08d2b9f27611f61ea3049d19dde15ccbf211d2"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/4/-18/127/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,4,-18,127,300x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kimberley_%28Western_Australia%29&revid=1259380520&groups=_ef08d2b9f27611f61ea3049d19dde15ccbf211d2" 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class="infobox-data">1881</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">423,517 km<sup>2</sup> (163,520.8 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Shire of Broome</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby-West_Kimberley" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Derby-West Kimberley">Shire of Derby-West Kimberley</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham-East_Kimberley" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley">Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Shire of Halls Creek</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kimberley" title="Electoral district of Kimberley">Kimberley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Durack" title="Division of Durack">Durack</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kimberley</b> is the northernmost of the nine <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Western_Australia" title="Regions of Western Australia">regions of Western Australia</a>. It is bordered on the west by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, on the north by the <a href="/wiki/Timor_Sea" title="Timor Sea">Timor Sea</a>, on the south by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sandy_Desert" title="Great Sandy Desert">Great Sandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tanami_Desert" title="Tanami Desert">Tanami</a> deserts in the region of the <a href="/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara">Pilbara</a>, and on the east by the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>. </p><p>The region was named in 1879 by government surveyor <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Forrest" title="Alexander Forrest">Alexander Forrest</a> after <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies" title="Secretary of State for the Colonies">Secretary of State for the Colonies</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Wodehouse,_1st_Earl_of_Kimberley" title="John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley">John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kimberley was one of the earliest settled parts of Australia, with the first humans landing about 65,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They created a complex culture that developed over thousands of years. <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">Yam</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Dioscorea_hastifolia" title="Dioscorea hastifolia">Dioscorea hastifolia</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> was developed,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and rock art suggests that this was where some of the earliest <a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">boomerangs</a> were invented.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The worship of <a href="/wiki/Wandjina" title="Wandjina">Wandjina</a> deities was most common in this region, and a complex theology dealing with the transmigration of souls was part of the local people's religious philosophy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_exploration_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch exploration of Australia">explorers</a> named the region of Kimberley and nearby <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a> variations of <b>Van Diemen's Land</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">VOC</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor-general_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies">governor-general</a> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_van_Diemen" title="Anthony van Diemen">Anthony van Diemen</a>. This should not be confused with <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">the more general and prolonged use of the same name</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. </p><p>In 1837, with expedition support from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a> of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, Lieutenants <a href="/wiki/George_Grey" title="George Grey">George Grey</a> and Franklin Lushington and 12 men sailed on the schooner <i>Lynher</i> from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa. They reached Hanover Bay on 2 December 1837. The exploring party started inland on 19 January 1838. Leaders and men were totally inexperienced, their progress was delayed by flooded country, and they abandoned many stores along the way. The party was constantly split up although they had to contend with large numbers of hostile Aboriginals. On 11 February, Grey was speared and became critically ill but, after two weeks, continued the exploration. The party found and named the <a href="/wiki/Gairdner_River_(Kimberley,_Western_Australia)" title="Gairdner River (Kimberley, Western Australia)">Gairdner River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Glenelg_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Glenelg River (Western Australia)">Glenelg River</a>, the Stephen and Whately ranges and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Lyell_(Western_Australia)" title="Mount Lyell (Western Australia)">Mount Lyell</a> before returning to Hanover Bay in April. There they were picked up by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle" title="HMS Beagle">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a> and <i>Lynher</i> and taken to <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> to recuperate.<sup id="cite_ref-grey1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grey1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1879, Western Australian government surveyor <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Forrest" title="Alexander Forrest">Alexander Forrest</a> led a party of seven from the west coast at Beagle Bay to <a href="/wiki/Katherine,_Northern_Territory" title="Katherine, Northern Territory">Katherine, Northern Territory</a>. Forrest explored and named the Kimberley district, the <a href="/wiki/Margaret_River_(Kimberley,_Western_Australia)" title="Margaret River (Kimberley, Western Australia)">Margaret</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ord_River" title="Ord River">Ord</a> rivers and the King Leopold Ranges (now the <a href="/wiki/Wunaamin-Miliwundi_Ranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges">Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges</a>), and located well watered pastoral lands along the <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Fitzroy River (Western Australia)">Fitzroy</a> and Ord rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently set himself up as a land agent specialising in the Kimberley during a period to 1883 when over 21,000,000 hectares (51,000,000 acres) of land were taken up as pastoral leaseholds in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1881, Philip Saunders and Adam Johns, in the face of great difficulties and dangers, found gold in various parts of the Kimberley. Early in 1881, the first five graziers, who called themselves the Murray Squatting Company, took up 49,000 hectares (120,000 acres) behind Beagle Bay and named it <a href="/wiki/Yeeda_Station" title="Yeeda Station">Yeeda Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1883 they were the first men to shear sheep in the southern Kimberley. Additional Anglo-European settlement occurred in 1885, when ranchers drove cattle across Australia from the eastern states in search of good <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pasture</a> lands. After gold was discovered around <a href="/wiki/Halls_Creek,_Western_Australia" title="Halls Creek, Western Australia">Halls Creek</a>, many other erstwhile European miners arrived rapidly. </p><p>In the 1890s, the area was the site of an armed insurrection of indigenous people led by <a href="/wiki/Jandamarra" title="Jandamarra">Jandamarra</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Bunuba" title="Bunuba">Bunuba</a> warrior.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, when Australia was among the nations at war with the Axis powers, the Japanese invaded the nation with only a small reconnaissance party in The Kimberley on 19 January 1944; they were investigating reports that the Allies were building large bases in the region. Four Japanese officers were on board a small fishing boat. They investigated the <a href="/wiki/York_Sound" title="York Sound">York Sound</a> region for a day and a night before returning to <a href="/wiki/Kupang" title="Kupang">Kupang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Timor" title="Timor">Timor</a> on 20 January. After returning to Japan in February, the junior officer, who had commanded the party, suggested using 200 Japanese prison inmates to launch a <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> campaign in Australia. No superior adopted his suggestion, and the officer was posted to other duties.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2011 estimated permanent population of The Kimberley was 34,794 but it rises dramatically during winter when it attracts a seasonal population. On Census night in 2011 (9 August), it was 50,113. The population is fairly evenly distributed, with only three towns having populations in excess of 2,000: <a href="/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia" title="Broome, Western Australia">Broome</a> (12,766), <a href="/wiki/Derby,_Western_Australia" title="Derby, Western Australia">Derby</a> (3,261), and <a href="/wiki/Kununurra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kununurra">Kununurra</a> (4,573). Approximately 40% of the region's population is of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal</a> descent.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Y_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Y-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_centres_and_localities">Urban centres and localities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Urban centres and localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Rank</th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Urban centre and locality">UCL</abbr></th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Local government area">LGA</abbr></th> <th colspan="10">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Australian census">2001 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Australian census">2006 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Australian census">2011 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a> </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia" title="Broome, Western Australia">Broome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></td> <td align="right">15,242</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL502400">[1]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">11,547</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL502400">[2]</a></td> <td align="right">12,766</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL513002">[3]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">13,984</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL513001">[4]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">14,660</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL513001">[5]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kununurra,_Western_Australia" title="Kununurra, Western Australia">Kununurra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham%E2%80%93East_Kimberley" title="Shire of Wyndham–East Kimberley">Wyndham–East Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">5,219</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL514200">[6]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">3,748</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL514200">[7]</a></td> <td align="right">4,573</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515019">[8]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">4,341</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515020">[9]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">4,515</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515020">[10]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby,_Western_Australia" title="Derby, Western Australia">Derby</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">3,662</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL507000">[11]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">3,093</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL507000">[12]</a></td> <td align="right">3,261</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515008">[13]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">3,325</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515010">[14]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">3,009</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515010">[15]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halls_Creek,_Western_Australia" title="Halls Creek, Western Australia">Halls Creek</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a></td> <td align="right">1,264</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL511000">[16]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,211</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL511000">[17]</a></td> <td align="right">1,443</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521027">[18]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,546</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521026">[19]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,605</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521024">[20]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Crossing,_Western_Australia" title="Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia">Fitzroy Crossing</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">1,450</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL509200">[21]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">928</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL509200">[22]</a></td> <td align="right">1,144</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL515013">[23]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,141</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL515014">[24]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">1,022</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL515014">[25]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyndham,_Western_Australia" title="Wyndham, Western Australia">Wyndham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham%E2%80%93East_Kimberley" title="Shire of Wyndham–East Kimberley">Wyndham–East Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">784</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL529800">[26]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">669</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL529800">[27]</a></td> <td align="right">787</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521058">[28]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">604</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521060">[29]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">745</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521052">[30]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bidyadanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Bidyadanga">Bidyadanga</a> (La Grange)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></td> <td align="right">510</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL514600">[31]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">425</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL514600">[32]</a></td> <td align="right">595</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521006">[33]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">617</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521004">[34]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">593</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL521004">[35]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balgo,_Western_Australia" title="Balgo, Western Australia">Balgo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a></td> <td align="right">456</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL500890">[36]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">460</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL500890">[37]</a></td> <td align="right">508</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL521004">[38]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">359</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522001">[39]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">472</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522001">[40]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warmun" class="mw-redirect" title="Warmun">Warmun</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a></td> <td align="right">315</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL527900">[41]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">210</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL527900">[42]</a></td> <td align="right">297</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522056">[43]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">366</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522061">[44]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">457</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522064">[45]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yungngora" class="mw-redirect" title="Yungngora">Yungngora</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">245</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL530700">[46]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">288</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL530700">[47]</a></td> <td align="right">283</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522064">[48]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">409</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522068">[49]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">434</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522071">[50]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Looma" class="mw-redirect" title="Looma">Looma</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">285</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL516400">[51]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">393</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL516400">[52]</a></td> <td align="right">374</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522038">[53]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">531</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL521036">[54]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">412</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522043">[55]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalumburu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalumburu">Kalumburu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham%E2%80%93East_Kimberley" title="Shire of Wyndham–East Kimberley">Wyndham–East Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">335</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL512440">[56]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">413</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL512440">[57]</a></td> <td align="right">467</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522029">[58]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">412</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522030">[59]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">388</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522032">[60]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardyaloon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ardyaloon">Bardi</a> (One Arm Point)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></td> <td align="right">310</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL500920">[61]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">214</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL500920">[62]</a></td> <td align="right">334</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522002">[63]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">365</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522003">[64]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">325</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522003">[65]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bayulu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bayulu (page does not exist)">Bayulu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td align="right">253</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL500930">[66]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">259</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL500930">[67]</a></td> <td align="right">320</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522003">[68]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">322</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522004">[69]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">308</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522004">[70]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beagle_Bay_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Beagle Bay Community">Beagle Bay</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></td> <td align="right">293</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL500950">[71]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">199</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL500950">[72]</a></td> <td align="right">285</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522004">[73]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">348</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522005">[74]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">307</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522005">[75]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Djarindjin" title="Djarindjin">Djarindjin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Lombadina" class="mw-redirect" title="Lombadina">Lombadina</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td align="right">245</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522020">[76]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">395</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522020">[77]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">253</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522020">[78]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wangkatjungka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wangkatjungka (page does not exist)">Wangkatjungka</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td align="right">254</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522059">[79]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">231</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522062">[80]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mindibungu" class="mw-redirect" title="Mindibungu">Mindibungu</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a></td> <td align="right">215</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/quickstat/UCL517900">[81]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">144</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/UCL517900">[82]</a></td> <td align="right">257</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2011/UCL522040">[83]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4014" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">150</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/UCL522040">[84]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td> <td align="right">202</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL522045">[85]</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672805#P4093" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indigenous_languages">Indigenous languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Indigenous languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kimberley has been noted as a region of great linguistic diversity, rivalled in Australia only by the <a href="/wiki/Top_End" title="Top End">Top End</a>. Depending on the geographical boundaries of The Kimberley, and the definition of what constitutes a "<a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a>" (as opposed to a "<a href="/wiki/Dialect" title="Dialect">dialect</a>"), about 50-60 <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Aboriginal languages</a> were once spoken in this region. The vast majority of these do not belong to the family of <a href="/wiki/Pama-Nyungan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Pama-Nyungan languages">Pama-Nyungan languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four endemic, primary <a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">language families</a> are recognised within the core Kimberley region: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nyulnyulan_languages" title="Nyulnyulan languages">Nyulnyulan languages</a>, including languages spoken on the <a href="/wiki/Dampier_Peninsula" title="Dampier Peninsula">Dampier Peninsula</a> and along the Fitzroy River</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunuban_languages" title="Bunuban languages">Bunuban languages</a>, including languages spoken in the Fitzroy River Basin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worrorran_languages" title="Worrorran languages">Worrorran languages</a>, including languages spoken in the northern Kimberley, north of <a href="/wiki/King_Sound" title="King Sound">King Sound</a>, up to <a href="/wiki/Wyndham,_Western_Australia" title="Wyndham, Western Australia">Wyndham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarrakan_languages" title="Jarrakan languages">Jarrakan languages</a>, including languages spoken along the Ord River, from <a href="/wiki/Halls_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a> up to Wyndham and <a href="/wiki/Kununurra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kununurra">Kununurra</a>.</li></ul> <p>Pama-Nyungan languages spoken in and around the Kimberley region include the <a href="/wiki/Marrngu_languages" title="Marrngu languages">Marrngu languages</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Karajarri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Karajarri language">Karajarri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nyangumarta_language" title="Nyangumarta language">Nyangumarta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ngumpin-Yapa_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Ngumpin-Yapa languages">Ngumpin languages</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Walmajarri_language" title="Walmajarri language">Walmajarri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jaru_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaru language">Jaru</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Ngumpin-Yapa_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Ngumpin-Yapa languages">Yapa</a> languages (such as <a href="/wiki/Warlpiri_language" title="Warlpiri language">Warlpiri</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_language" title="Western Desert language">Western Desert languages</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Wangkajunga_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Wangkajunga language">Wangkajunga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kukatja_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Kukatja dialect">Kukatja</a>). Non-Pama-Nyungan languages spoken around the Kimberleys (but speakers of which today live within the Kimberley) include the <a href="/wiki/Daly_languages" title="Daly languages">Daly language</a> <a href="/wiki/Murrinh-Patha_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Murrinh-Patha language">Murrinh-Patha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yirram_languages" title="Yirram languages">Western Mirndi language</a> <a href="/wiki/Jaminjung_language" title="Jaminjung language">Jaminjung</a>. </p><p>Presently, many indigenous languages are no longer spoken on a daily basis. In addition to <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australian English</a>, post-contact languages spoken in the Kimberley include <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_English" title="Australian Aboriginal English">Aboriginal English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Kriol" title="Australian Kriol">Kriol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Pidgin_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Pidgin English">Pidgin English</a> and the Malay-based <a href="/wiki/Broome_Pearling_Lugger_Pidgin" title="Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin">Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin</a> (not spoken on a daily basis any more). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the federal level, the Kimberley is represented by the member for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Durack" title="Division of Durack">Durack</a>. At state level, the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Kimberley" title="Electoral district of Kimberley">Kimberley</a> electorate takes in all of the region and its towns. </p><p>The Kimberley region consists of the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">local government areas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby-West_Kimberley" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Derby-West Kimberley">Derby-West Kimberley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham-East_Kimberley" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley">Wyndham-East Kimberley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art">Art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The Kimberley region is extremely rich in art, mainly that of Indigenous <a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">rock art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Considering the area's size, it is no surprise that there are tens of thousands of rock art examples coming from a variety of different cultural groups within the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diversity of peoples has allowed for many different art styles to develop with some of the most widely known examples being <a href="/wiki/Wandjina" title="Wandjina">Wandjina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings" title="Gwion Gwion rock paintings">Gwion Gwion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the variation in styles, there are almost equally diverse fabrication techniques. The earliest form of Kimberley rock art was <a href="/wiki/Cave_painting" title="Cave painting">hand stencils</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but techniques such as engraving, painting, scratchwork, pecking, drawing, and later beeswax applique<sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></sup> have also been used. In addition to the varying styles and techniques, there are united visual depictions that reflect the changes and persistence within the cultural and natural environment.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kangaroo-Painting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Kangaroo-Painting.jpg/244px-Kangaroo-Painting.jpg" decoding="async" width="244" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Kangaroo-Painting.jpg/366px-Kangaroo-Painting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Kangaroo-Painting.jpg/488px-Kangaroo-Painting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1289" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of kangaroo painting with added drawing for clarity - examined by Traditional Owner Ian Waina on the left. </figcaption></figure> <p>The changing and expanding complexity of styles and techniques has caught the attention of many, paving the way for mass amounts of archaeological and anthropological research. Much of the artwork in the area has been gone over with similar or alternative methods to preserve the art, add to it, or enhance it.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rock shelters are some of the best locations for preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest category known as the Irregular Infill Animal or the Naturalistic period is responsible for the region's life-size animal depictions.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rock shelter in Kimberley's northeastern territory is home to a perfect example of this, a two-meter-long kangaroo painting on the ceiling. This case was extremely rare as archaeologist found remains of mud wasp nests that could be used for dating. These nests were located both below and on top of the painting making them prime for determining an accurate age of the kangaroo art itself. They analysed samples from 6 of the nests and settled on a date between 17,500 years old and 17,100 years old, making the kangaroo rock art the oldest in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on oral accounts from Aboriginal people in the region<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it has been confirmed that many of the works that have been re-touched maintain a much deeper significance. There is a complex performative aspect that goes hand-in-hand with the art that remains today. The re-touching/re-marking actions are considered a performance and act as a retelling of the story behind the art. The performance is a way for people to reconnect with the cultural significance behind the work itself and maintain the connection of person to place.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This process highlights indigenous beliefs about the land and the position that native people have within that space.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Identity plays a major role in understanding the rock art in the region. There are many different sectors within the Kimberley region that allow for a dispersal of cultural thought and expression unique to the group in their respected areas.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This differentiation of style may have been socially necessary, but there was a unifying aspect in regard to the <a href="/wiki/Wandjina" title="Wandjina">Wandjinas</a> and the meaning behind them. They are seen throughout the region at many different sites and are the most repainted rock art in Kimberley. This is due to the fact that indigenous groups believe in the power that Wandjina holds. Creation stories, migrational patterns, and clothing style of the figures emphasise their importance and integration into the sociocultural groups inhabiting the area.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lennard_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lennard_River.jpg/220px-Lennard_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lennard_River.jpg/330px-Lennard_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Lennard_River.jpg/440px-Lennard_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lennard_River" title="Lennard River">Lennard River</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Bungle_Bungles_Echidna_Chasm_190503_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bungle_Bungle_Range" title="Bungle Bungle Range">Bungle Bungles</a> - Echidna Chasm</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kimberley is an area of 423,517 square kilometres (163,521 sq mi), which is about three times the size of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, twice the size of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, or just slightly smaller than <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. </p><p>The Kimberley consists of the ancient, steep-sided mountain ranges of northwestern Australia cut through with sandstone and limestone gorges and steep ridges, from which the extreme <a href="/wiki/Australian_monsoon" title="Australian monsoon">monsoonal</a> climate has removed much of the soil. The southern end of the Kimberley beyond the <a href="/wiki/Dampier_Peninsula" title="Dampier Peninsula">Dampier Peninsula</a> is flatter with dry tropical grassland and is used for cattle ranching. In parts of the Kimberley, such as the valleys of the <a href="/wiki/Ord_River" title="Ord River">Ord</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Fitzroy River (Western Australia)">Fitzroy Rivers</a> in the south, the soils are relatively usable <a href="/wiki/Vertisol" title="Vertisol">cracking clays</a>, whilst elsewhere they are <a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">lateritic</a> <a href="/wiki/Orthent" title="Orthent">Orthents</a>. Although none of the mountains reach even 1,000 metres (3,281 ft), there is so much steep land as to make much of the region difficult to traverse, especially during the wet season, when even sealed roads are often flooded. The coast is typically steep cliffs in the north but flatter in the south, all subject to high tides. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kimberley has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a>. The region receives about 90% of its rainfall during the short wet season, from November to April, when <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">cyclones</a> are common (especially around Broome) and the rivers flood. The annual rainfall is highest in the northwest, where <a href="/wiki/Kalumburu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalumburu">Kalumburu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_River_National_Park_(Western_Australia)" title="Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia)">the Mitchell Plateau</a> average 1,270 millimetres (50 in) per year, and lowest in the southeast where it is around 520 millimetres (20 in). In the dry season, from May to October, south easterly breezes bring sunny days and cool nights. <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Australia" title="Climate change in Australia">Climate change</a> since 1967 has led to large increases of as much as 250 millimetres (10 in) per year in annual rainfall over the whole region. A 2007 study suggests Asian <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">pollution</a> may be a key contributory factor to this increased rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997 and 2000, the region received especially heavy rains, leading to record flooding of the Fitzroy and other rivers. </p><p>The Kimberley is one of the hottest parts of Australia, with the average annual mean temperature around 27 °C (81 °F), and with mean maximum temperatures almost always above 30 °C (86 °F), even in July. The hottest part of the year is November before the rains break, when temperatures frequently reach above 37 °C (99 °F) on the coast and well over 40 °C (104 °F) inland. Mean minimum temperatures in July range from around 12 °C (54 °F) in the south to 16 °C (61 °F) along the coast, whilst in November and December they are generally around 26 °C (79 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Record high temperatures range from around 47 to 48 °C (117 to 118 °F), while record lows are around 2 to 3 °C (36 to 37 °F), although some parts of the central Kimberly plateau can drop below 0 °C (32 °F) during the dry season. </p><p>The Aboriginal people of the Kimberley recognise <a href="/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia#Climate" title="Broome, Western Australia">six traditional seasons</a> based on meteorological events, as well as on observations of flora and fauna.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A197,_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park,_Western_Australia,_Fitzroy_River,_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG/220px-A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG/330px-A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG/440px-A197%2C_Geikie_Gorge_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Fitzroy_River%2C_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Geikie_Gorge_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Geikie Gorge National Park">Geikie Gorge National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Fitzroy River (Western Australia)">Fitzroy River</a>, 2007</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A196,_Halls_Creek,_Western_Australia,_China_Wall,_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG/220px-A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG/330px-A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG/440px-A196%2C_Halls_Creek%2C_Western_Australia%2C_China_Wall%2C_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>China Wall - a natural rock formation near <a href="/wiki/Halls_Creek,_Western_Australia" title="Halls Creek, Western Australia">Halls Creek</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> period, a barrier reef system formed before a subsequent drop in sea levels over the Kimberley. This reef system was similar to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> and is still visible today in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Napier_Range" title="Napier Range">Napier Range</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ningbing_Range&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ningbing Range (page does not exist)">Ningbing Range</a>. Some of the features are <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_Creek" title="Tunnel Creek">Tunnel Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windjana_Gorge" title="Windjana Gorge">Windjana Gorge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geikie_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Geikie Gorge">Geikie Gorge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This area is also known as the Kimberley Block physiographic province, of which it is part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Australian_Shield" title="Australian Shield">West Australian Shield</a> division. This province contains the <a href="/wiki/Wunaamin-Miliwundi_Ranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges">Wunaamin-Miliwundi Range</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durack_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Durack Range">Durack Range</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leveque_Rise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leveque Rise (page does not exist)">Leveque Rise</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Browse_Depression&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Browse Depression (page does not exist)">Browse Depression</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Londonderry_Rise&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Londonderry Rise (page does not exist)">Londonderry Rise</a> physiographic sections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coastline">Coastline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coastline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cape_Leveque.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cape_Leveque.png/220px-Cape_Leveque.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Cape_Leveque.png/330px-Cape_Leveque.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Cape_Leveque.png 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="228" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cape_Leveque" title="Cape Leveque">Cape Leveque</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Islands_of_the_Kimberley_(Western_Australia)" title="Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia)">Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia)</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a> weather reports the "North Kimberley Coast" is the WA border to Kuri Bay section of the coast, while the "West Kimberley Coast" is from Kuri Bay to Wallal Downs. Significant sections of the coastline between Broome and Wyndham have no means of road access, and boat or helicopter are the only means. Due to the isolation, a number of tourist operations on the coastline have been called "wilderness" locations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rugged and varied sandstone landscape is home to a distinctive mixture of wildlife, which has been thoroughly mapped and described by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Environment_and_Conservation_(Western_Australia)" title="Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)">Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (June 2024)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> There are habitats similar to the Kimberley across the border in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>, including the valleys of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_River_(Northern_Territory)" title="Victoria River (Northern Territory)">Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daly_River_(Northern_Territory)" title="Daly River (Northern Territory)">Daly Rivers</a> but these have been less carefully studied.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora">Flora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg/170px-Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg/255px-Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg/340px-Boab_tree_near_Kununurra_WA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adansonia_gregorii" title="Adansonia gregorii">Boab tree</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kununurra,_Western_Australia" title="Kununurra, Western Australia">Kununurra</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Much of the Kimberley is chiefly covered in open <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a> woodland dominated by low <a href="/wiki/Corymbia" title="Corymbia">bloodwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adansonia_gregorii" title="Adansonia gregorii">boab</a> trees (<i><a href="/wiki/Adansonia_gregorii" title="Adansonia gregorii">Adansonia gregorii</a></i>) with <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_tetrodonta" title="Eucalyptus tetrodonta">Darwin stringybark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_miniata" title="Eucalyptus miniata">Darwin woollybutt</a> eucalyptus in the wetter areas. The red sandy soil of the <a href="/wiki/Dampier_Peninsula" title="Dampier Peninsula">Dampier Peninsula</a> in the south is known for its characteristic <a href="/wiki/Pindan" title="Pindan">pindan</a> wooded grassland, while in the more fertile areas like the <a href="/wiki/Ord_River" title="Ord River">Ord Valley</a>, the trees are found in grasslands of <i><a href="/wiki/Chrysopogon" title="Chrysopogon">Chrysopogon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Aristida" title="Aristida">Aristida</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dichanthium" title="Dichanthium">Dichanthium</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Xerochloa" title="Xerochloa">Xerochloa</a></i> (rice grass) in the wetter valleys. The banks of the <a href="/wiki/Ord_River" title="Ord River">Ord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Western_Australia)" title="Fitzroy River (Western Australia)">Fitzroy River</a> and other rivers are home to a greater variety of vegetation, while in sheltered gorges of the high rainfall north there are patches of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_dry_broadleaf_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest">tropical dry broadleaf forest</a>, called <a href="/wiki/Monsoon_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Monsoon forest">monsoon forests</a>, deciduous vine forest or vine thicket in Australia, (often mistakenly which is called "dry rainforest"), which were unknown to science until 1965,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are one of the most floristically rich parts of Australia outside the Wet Tropics and southwestern WA. There are also areas of <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangrove</a> in river estuaries where the coast is flatter<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_regions">Flora regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Flora regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, Beard identified four phytogeographic districts within the Northern Botanical Province:<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Gardner District (Ga) in the north (and further divided into the West Gardner (WGa), Central Gardner (CGa) and East Gardner (EGa))</li> <li>Fitzgerald District (Fi) in the centre</li> <li>Dampier (Da) and Hall (Ha) Districts in the south</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna">Fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Bungle_Bungles_Bower_bird_nest_190503_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bowerbird" title="Bowerbird">Bowerbird</a> nest</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG/220px-Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG/330px-Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG/440px-Pseudomys_desertor_TPartridge.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pseudomys_desertor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudomys desertor">Desert mouse</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Animals found here include the huge <a href="/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile" title="Saltwater crocodile">saltwater crocodile</a> and a rich variety of <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Channel-billed_cuckoo" title="Channel-billed cuckoo">channel-billed cuckoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_koel" title="Pacific koel">Pacific koel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purple-crowned_fairywren" title="Purple-crowned fairywren">purple-crowned fairywren</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bowerbird" title="Bowerbird">bowerbird</a>. The sandstone gorges of north Kimberley are an important refuge for a particularly rich collection of endemic species including some that have disappeared from the flatter areas, including the purple-crowned fairywren, the endangered <a href="/wiki/Gouldian_finch" title="Gouldian finch">Gouldian finch</a> and a large number of <a href="/wiki/Amphibian" title="Amphibian">amphibians</a>: <a href="/wiki/Flat-headed_frog" title="Flat-headed frog">flat-headed frog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cave-dwelling_frog" title="Cave-dwelling frog">cave-dwelling frog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnificent_tree_frog" title="Magnificent tree frog">magnificent tree frog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derby_toadlet" title="Derby toadlet">Derby toadlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Small_toadlet" title="Small toadlet">small toadlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fat_toadlet" title="Fat toadlet">fat toadlet</a>, the unconfirmed <a href="/wiki/Marbled_toadlet" title="Marbled toadlet">marbled toadlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mjoberg%27s_toadlet" title="Mjoberg's toadlet">Mjoberg's toadlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mole_toadlet" title="Mole toadlet">mole toadlet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stonemason%27s_toadlet" title="Stonemason's toadlet">stonemason's toadlet</a>. Mammals that have declined especially in the flatlands include the <a href="/wiki/Bilby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilby">bilby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_quoll" title="Northern quoll">northern quoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pale_field_rat" title="Pale field rat">pale field rat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden-backed_tree-rat" title="Golden-backed tree-rat">golden-backed tree-rat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Golden_bandicoot" title="Golden bandicoot">golden bandicoot</a>. <a href="/wiki/Megabat" title="Megabat">Megabats</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Black_flying_fox" title="Black flying fox">black flying foxes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Little_red_flying_fox" title="Little red flying fox">little red flying foxes</a> are common and perform important <a href="/wiki/Pollination" title="Pollination">pollination</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seed_dispersal" title="Seed dispersal">seed dispersal</a> work for many species of native trees and shrubs. </p><p>A species of endemic <a href="/wiki/Gecko" title="Gecko">gecko</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gehyra_kimberleyi" title="Gehyra kimberleyi">Gehyra kimberleyi</a></i>, is named after the Kimberley region.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The gorges of central Kimberley are known for their <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossils</a> and for their large colonies of bats, including <a href="/wiki/Windjana_Gorge" title="Windjana Gorge">Windjana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_Creek" title="Tunnel Creek">Tunnel Creek</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Geikie_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Geikie Gorge">Geikie Gorges</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lake_Argyle" title="Lake Argyle">Lake Argyle</a> and other wetlands of the Ord and the Kimberley are important habitats while there are important populations of <a href="/wiki/Shorebird" class="mw-redirect" title="Shorebird">shorebirds</a> in the Ord estuary, <a href="/wiki/Eighty-mile_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighty-mile Beach">Eighty-mile Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roebuck_Bay" title="Roebuck Bay">Roebuck Bay</a>, which has been described as "one of the most important stop-over areas for shorebirds in Australia and globally".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally there are a number of rocky islands off the north coast that are home to <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turtle" title="Turtle">turtles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Threats_and_preservation">Threats and preservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Threats and preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A202,_Purnululu_National_Park,_Western_Australia,_Bungle_Bungles,_from_plane,_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/220px-A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/330px-A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/440px-A202%2C_Purnululu_National_Park%2C_Western_Australia%2C_Bungle_Bungles%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Purnululu_National_Park" title="Purnululu National Park">Purnululu National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Little of the Kimberley has been subject to wholesale clearance other than particularly fertile parts of the Ord Valley (and areas of Kimberley-type habitat across in the Daly River basin in the Northern Territory) but the pastureland in the southern areas has been affected by 100 years of livestock grazing and other threats including introduced weeds (such as <a href="/wiki/Xanthium_strumarium" title="Xanthium strumarium">cocklebur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parkinsonia_aculeata" title="Parkinsonia aculeata">parkinsonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jatropha_gossypifolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatropha gossypifolia">bellyache bush</a> and <a href="/wiki/Castor_oil_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor oil plant">castor oil plant</a>), feral cats and changes to traditional Aboriginal <a href="/wiki/Fire_regime" title="Fire regime">fire regimes</a> (the way grassland is burnt and allowed to renew). However, the remote sandstone areas to the north have valuable original habitats in good condition providing shelter for much wildlife. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Purnululu2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Purnululu2.jpg/220px-Purnululu2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Purnululu2.jpg/330px-Purnululu2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Purnululu2.jpg/440px-Purnululu2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="1152" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Purnululu_National_Park" title="Purnululu National Park">Purnululu National Park</a> - sandstone domes of the <a href="/wiki/Bungle_Bungle_Range" title="Bungle Bungle Range">Bungle Bungle Range</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The largest protected areas are the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Regent_National_Park" title="Prince Regent National Park">Prince Regent National Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Drysdale_River_National_Park" title="Drysdale River National Park">Drysdale River National Park</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Gregory_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory National Park">Gregory National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keep_River_National_Park" title="Keep River National Park">Keep River National Park</a> across in the Northern Territory, which preserves similar habitats. (Keep River's nearest town is <a href="/wiki/Kununurra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kununurra">Kununurra</a> in the Kimberley.) </p><p>The Kimberley is a popular tourist destination, with areas such as the <a href="/wiki/Bungle_Bungle_Range" title="Bungle Bungle Range">Bungle Bungle Range</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gibb_River_Road" title="Gibb River Road">Gibb River Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Argyle" title="Lake Argyle">Lake Argyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Questro_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="El Questro Station">El Questro Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mornington_Sanctuary" title="Mornington Sanctuary">Mornington Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horizontal_Falls" title="Horizontal Falls">Horizontal Falls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Leveque" title="Cape Leveque">Cape Leveque</a>. The Gibb River Road and the road into the Bungle Bungles can at times be accessed in a <a href="/wiki/Two-wheel_drive" title="Two-wheel drive">two-wheel drive</a> car, although one can access many additional areas in a <a href="/wiki/Four-wheel_drive" title="Four-wheel drive">four-wheel drive</a> vehicle. </p><p>Other parks in the region include <a href="/wiki/Geikie_Gorge_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Geikie Gorge National Park">Geikie Gorge National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirima_National_Park" title="Mirima National Park">Mirima National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_River_National_Park_(Western_Australia)" title="Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia)">Mitchell River National Park</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Point_Coulomb_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Point Coulomb National Park (page does not exist)">Point Coulomb National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purnululu_National_Park" title="Purnululu National Park">Purnululu National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_Creek_National_Park" title="Tunnel Creek National Park">Tunnel Creek National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windjana_Gorge_National_Park" title="Windjana Gorge National Park">Windjana Gorge National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wolfe_Creek_Meteorite_Crater_National_Park" title="Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park">Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater National Park</a>. In 2012 the Western Australian government announced the creation of the 7,062 square kilometre Camden Sound Marine Park with a further three to come.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (February 2020)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Visitors to the area should be aware that the area can be subject to controlled burns at any time of year. In September 2011, a fire burned five people, two severely, who had been competing in the Kimberley Ultramarathon, an endurance <a href="/wiki/Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross country footrace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Save_the_Kimberley_campaign">Save the Kimberley campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Save the Kimberley campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pindan_Country.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pindan_Country.jpg/170px-Pindan_Country.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pindan_Country.jpg/255px-Pindan_Country.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Pindan_Country.jpg/340px-Pindan_Country.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4752" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pindan" title="Pindan">Pindan</a> country near <a href="/wiki/James_Price_Point" title="James Price Point">James Price Point</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Wilderness_Society_(Australia)" title="The Wilderness Society (Australia)">The Wilderness Society</a> has led a campaign to protest a proposal to industrialise the <a href="/wiki/James_Price_Point" title="James Price Point">James Price Point</a> area of Broome. <a href="/wiki/Woodside_Energy" title="Woodside Energy">Woodside Energy</a>, with the additional involvement of <a href="/wiki/BHP" title="BHP">BHP</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Government of Australia</a>, has sought to build a gas industrial complex, and those in opposition believe that such a development threatens the region. The campaign has received support from public figures such as <a href="/wiki/John_Butler_(musician)" title="John Butler (musician)">John Butler</a>, Clare Bowditch, <a href="/wiki/Missy_Higgins" title="Missy Higgins">Missy Higgins</a> and former leader of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Australian Greens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown" title="Bob Brown">Bob Brown</a>. </p><p>On 5 October 2012, a concert was held at <a href="/wiki/Federation_Square" title="Federation Square">Federation Square</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia, to raise awareness of the campaign; the protest event attracted approximately 6,000 people. </p><p>On 24 February 2013, an estimated 20,000 people gathered for a charity concert<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Fremantle" title="Fremantle">Fremantle</a>, Western Australia to raise awareness and funds to help protect the Kimberley, with performances from <a href="/wiki/Ball_Park_Music" title="Ball Park Music">Ball Park Music</a>, Missy Higgins, and John Butler. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg/220px-Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg/330px-Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg/440px-Broome_Deep_Water_Wharf_%26_Jetty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia" title="Broome, Western Australia">Broome</a>'s deep water wharf and jetty</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A195,_Argyle_Diamond_Mine,_Western_Australia,_from_plane,_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/220px-A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/330px-A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG/440px-A195%2C_Argyle_Diamond_Mine%2C_Western_Australia%2C_from_plane%2C_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Argyle_diamond_mine" title="Argyle diamond mine">Argyle diamond mine</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg/220px-Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg/330px-Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg/440px-Early_Cattle_Road_Trains_at_Louisa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Cattle road trains at <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Downs_Station" title="Louisa Downs Station">Louisa Downs Station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Kimberley region has a diverse regional economy. Mining, construction, tourism, retail, agriculture, and pearling are major contributors to the region's economic output.<sup id="cite_ref-kdc_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kdc-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town of <a href="/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia" title="Broome, Western Australia">Broome</a> has a flourishing <a href="/wiki/Pearl_farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearl farm">pearling</a> industry, which operates around the Kimberley coast. Some of the major farmers are Paspaley Pearls, Clipper Pearls, Broome Pearls and the Willie Creek Pearl Farm. </p><p>One third of the world's annual production of <a href="/wiki/Diamond_(gemstone)" title="Diamond (gemstone)">diamonds</a> is mined at the <a href="/wiki/Argyle_diamond_mine" title="Argyle diamond mine">Argyle</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellendale,_Western_Australia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellendale, Western Australia (page does not exist)">Ellendale</a> diamond mines. <a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">Oil</a> is extracted from the <a href="/wiki/Blina" class="mw-redirect" title="Blina">Blina</a> oil field and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> is expected to be taken from offshore sources soon<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>. <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">Zinc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a> were mined at the Pillara and Cadjebut mines near Fitzroy Crossing, with nickel still being mined at Sallay Mallay near Halls Creek. <a href="/wiki/Derby,_Western_Australia" title="Derby, Western Australia">Derby</a> is the nearest export base for shipping these metals. </p><p>Traditionally, the economy depended on <a href="/wiki/List_of_pastoral_leases_in_Western_Australia" title="List of pastoral leases in Western Australia">pastoral leases</a>, with most of the region covered by the leases. </p><p>More recently agriculture has been focused on the <a href="/wiki/Ord_River" title="Ord River">Ord River</a> Irrigation Area near <a href="/wiki/Kununurra,_Western_Australia" title="Kununurra, Western Australia">Kununurra</a>. Irrigation was also trialled in the West Kimberley by way of the now defunct <a href="/wiki/Camballin_Irrigation_Scheme" title="Camballin Irrigation Scheme">Camballin Irrigation Scheme</a>. There are also fruit growers in Broome and in other areas in the West Kimberley. Beef cattle are grown in the Kimberley and exported live. Wyndham features the last remaining meatworks in the Kimberley - there were formerly works at Broome and Derby but financial constraints have caused these to be closed. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Barramundi" title="Barramundi">Barramundi</a> are bred in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Argyle" title="Lake Argyle">Lake Argyle</a>, and Broome features a fully equipped Aquaculture Park near the port; tenants include Paspaley Pearls and Broome <a href="/wiki/TAFE" class="mw-redirect" title="TAFE">TAFE</a>. The Kimberley also has a thriving fishing industry. </p><p>Some of Australia's most prominent indigenous artists and art centres are in or adjacent to the Kimberley region. Artists such as <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Bedford" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy Bedford">Paddy Bedford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Timms" title="Freddie Timms">Freddie Timms</a> have an international profile, and there are a number of Aboriginal-owned and controlled art centres and companies that assist artists, arrange exhibitions and sell works. The art centres in the region are also organized through the Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists. Issues have been raised regarding the exploitation of indigenous artists by businesses and individuals, including in the Kimberley, which were canvassed in an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a> parliamentary committee report. </p><p>Tourism is expected to remain one of the Kimberley region's major growth industries. Averaged across 2010, 2011, and 2012, there were 292,600 domestic and international visitors to the Kimberley annually.<sup id="cite_ref-kdc_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kdc-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimberley_(Western_Australia)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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