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Billabong (site)

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

16874
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Location

Broome Rd to Roebuck Plains Station Lake Eda

Location Details

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2014 Grading C

Grading C

A place (including a site with no built remains) of some cultural heritage significance to Shire of Broome. No constraints. Recommend: Encourage retention of the place, or where there are ruins, archaeological findings or no built remains: Interpret the place.

Statement of Significance

The Billabong at lake Eda is of great cultural importance to the traditional owners, Yawuru Aboriginal Community, who visit to hunt and maintain cultural customs.

History

Lake Eda is the largest and most permanent of a chain of six lakes that occur in the extensive coastal floodplain in the area known as Roebuck Plains. The Billabong Lake at Lake Eda is of great cultural importance to the traditional owners, Yawuru Aboriginal community, who visit to hunt and maintain cultural customs

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Livesey, N.J., Harris, J., & Brash, S.J. Roebuck Plains and Associated Wetland System
Murdoch University

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.59 MI Place No.

Place Type

Landscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use Transport\Communications Water: Other

Creation Date

16 Jun 2004

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Approved

Last Update

25 Feb 2021

Disclaimer

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