Broome Regional 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Broome International Airport and Broome Senior High School.
Broome International Airport
Aerodrome
Broome International Airport is a regional airport located 0.4 nautical miles west of the Broome GPO, Western Australia. Broome International Airport is the regional hub of the northwestern part of Western Australia.
Broome Senior High School
School
Broome Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Broome, a regional centre in the Kimberley region, 2,240 kilometres north east of Perth, Western Australia. Broome Senior High School is situated 1 km west of Broome Regional Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broome and Djugun.
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.
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.
Cable Beach
Suburb
Photo: Kate Branch Photography, CC0.
Cable Beach is a 22 km stretch of white sand beach on the eastern Indian Ocean and the name of the surrounding suburb in Broome, Western Australia. Cable Beach was named after the telegraph cable laid between Broome and Java in 1889. Cable Beach is situated 3 km west of Broome Regional Prison.
Broome Regional Prison
- Type: Prison
- Description: Prison in Western Australia
- Category: government building
- Location: Broome, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-17.95835° or 17° 57′ 30″ southLongitude
122.24124° or 122° 14′ 29″ eastHeight
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
5QJ426RR+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 311355697OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q4975276
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In Other Languages
“Broome Regional Prison” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بروم الاقليمى”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broome Police Station and Broome Courthouse.
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