Cookes Pillar
Cookes Pillar is a hill in Broome, Western Australia. Cookes Pillar is situated nearby to the neighborhood Chinatown Conservation Area, as well as near the suburb Djugun.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sun Picture Gardens and Broome Cable House.
Sun Picture Gardens
Movie theater
Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au.
The Sun Picture Gardens is the world's oldest picture gardens still in operation. It is located in Broome, Western Australia. Unlike most outdoor cinemas, it screens multiple films per night; the majority of outdoor cinemas screen one or two films a week.
Broome Cable House
Courthouse
Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au.
The Broome Cable House opened on 9 April 1889 and is now known as the Broome Court House. Constructed in 1879, the facility was used as a cable station until March 1914.
Broome Regional Prison
Prison
Broome Regional Prison is an Australian prison in Broome, Western Australia. It is one of two prisons in Western Australia's Kimberley region. In 2012 it was announced that the prison would be closed in 2015 following the opening of the West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby, but this plan was shelved in 2015.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown Conservation Area and Djugun.
Chinatown Conservation Area
Neighborhood
Photo: Rocket910, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown Conservation Area is a neighborhood.
Djugun
Suburb
Djugun is a northern suburb of Broome, Western Australia within the local government area of the Shire of Broome. The name relates to the language of the local Djugun or Jukun Aboriginal people.
Broome
Photo: Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broome is the largest town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with 14,660 residents in 2021. Established through the pearling industry of the late 19th century, it became a beach resort in the 1980s.
Cookes Pillar
- Type: Hill
- Category: landform
- Location: Broome, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-17.95° or 17° 57′ southLongitude
122.25° or 122° 15′ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
5QJ427X2+X2GeoNames ID
2073950
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