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Broome, Western Australia
Broome is a coastal, pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The permanent population is estimated at 14,436, growing to over 45,000 per month during the tourist season.〔(Population Statistics )〕 Broome International Airport provides transport to several domestic destinations.
==History==
Broome is situated on the traditional lands of the Yawuru people.〔(National Native Title Tribunal: Yawuru people recognised in Broome )〕
It is often mistakenly thought that the first European to visit Broome was William Dampier in 1688, but he only visited the north of what was later named the Dampier Peninsula. In 1699 he explored the coast from Shark Bay to La Grange Bay, from where he headed north leaving the Australian coast. Many of the coastal features of the area were later named for him. In 1879, Charles Harper suggested that the pearling industry could be served by a port closer to the pearling grounds and that Roebuck Bay would be suitable. In 1883, John Forrest chose the site for the town, and it was named after Sir Frederick Broome, the Governor of Western Australia from 1883 to 1889.〔(Broome sweeps in a little luxury )〕
In 1889, a telegraph undersea cable was laid from Broome to Singapore, connecting to England. Hence the name Cable Beach given to the landfall site.〔
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