| Shire of Broome Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) The Shire Administration Centre, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
 Location inWestern Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 55,795.6 km2 (21,542.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| President | Chris Mitchell[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Broome | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Kimberley | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kimberley | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of Broome | ||||||||||||||
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TheShire of Broome is one of the fourlocal government areas in theKimberley region of northernWestern Australia, covering an area of 55,796 square kilometres (21,543 sq mi), most of which is sparsely populated. The Shire's estimated population as at the2016 census was 16,222 most of whom reside in the town ofBroome. ManyAboriginal communities are within the Shire, notablyBeagle Bay andBardi (One Arm Point).
The Shire of Broome includes theRowley Shoals 260 km (162 mi) to the west.
The Shire of Broome was first established as the secondBroome Road District on 20 December 1918, when it was separated from theWest Kimberley Road District. The area had been previously represented by an earlier Broome Road District (1901-1908) and theMunicipality of Broome (1904-1918) but both had merged back into the West Kimberley district.[2]
It was declared a shire with effect from 1 July 1961 following the passage of theLocal Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]
The Shire is divided into two wards.
| Ward | Councillor | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broome Ward | Harold Tracey | President | [3] | |
| Desiree Male | Deputy president | |||
| Chris Mitchell JP | ||||
| Bruce Rudeforth Jnr | ||||
| Peter Taylor | ||||
| Nik Wevers | ||||
| Vacant[4] | ||||
| Dampier Ward | Elsta Foy | |||
| Philip Matsumoto | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Melanie Virgo (elected) | 389 | 21.43 | ||
| Labor | Ellen Smith (elected) | 288 | 15.87 | ||
| Independent | Jan Lewis (elected) | 200 | 11.02 | ||
| Independent | Elsta Foy | 162 | 8.93 | ||
| Independent | Edward Fleming | 155 | 8.54 | ||
| Independent | James Carpenter | 134 | 7.38 | ||
| Independent | Gwen Knox | 131 | 7.22 | ||
| Independent | Johani Mamid (elected) | 127 | 7.00 | ||
| Independent | Brendan Renkin | 118 | 6.50 | ||
| Independent | Mala Haji-Ali | 81 | 4.46 | ||
| Independent | Jerome Herveux | 30 | 1.65 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,815 | 98.64 | |||
| Informal votes | 25 | 1.36 | |||
| Turnout | 1,840 | 20.48 | |||
The towns and localities of the Shire of Broome with population and size figures based on themost recentAustralian census:[7][8]
| Locality | Population | Area | Map |
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| Bilingurr | 1,540 (SAL2021)[9] | 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi) |  |
| Broome | 3,797 (SAL2021)[10] | 7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |  |
| Cable Beach | 5,730 (SAL2021)[11] | 9.4 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |  |
| Dampier Peninsula | 1,051 (SAL2021)[12] | 4,898.4 km2 (1,891.3 sq mi) |  |
| Djugun | 3,291 (SAL2021)[13] | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |  |
| Eighty Mile Beach | 120 (SAL2021)[14] | 9,001.3 km2 (3,475.4 sq mi) |  |
| Gingerah | 0 (SAL2021)[15] | 26,484.6 km2 (10,225.8 sq mi) |  |
| Lagrange | 634 (SAL2021)[16] | 3,228.1 km2 (1,246.4 sq mi) |  |
| Minyirr | 76 (SAL2021)[17] | 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi) |  |
| Roebuck * | 606 (SAL2021)[18] | 5,582.4 km2 (2,155.4 sq mi) |  |
| Waterbank * | 110 (SAL2021)[19] | 6,634 km2 (2,561 sq mi) |  |
Indigenous communities in the Shire of Broome:
As of 2023, 144 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Broome,[20][N1] of which 51 are on theState Register of Heritage Places, among them theSun Picture Gardens,Broome Cable House andAnglican Church of the Annunciation.[21][N2]
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