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BROOME JETTY/PORT OF BROOME

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

26196
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Location

Port Dr Broome

Location Details

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1966

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

Broome's deep-water port and jetty is significant for the associations with shipping, and imports and exports, and more recently tourism.

Physical Description

The deep-water jetty is 2,292 feet (700 metres) long. It is a steel and concrete construction with a reinforced concrete deck cast over composite steel beams supported on steel girders which are in turn supported on hollow tubular steel piles

History

The deep-water jetty is 2,292 feet (700 metres) long. It is a steel and concrete construction with a reinforced concrete deck cast over composite steel beams supported on steel girders which are in turn supported on hollow tubular steel piles. Broome’s deep water port and jetty were opened in 1966 by the Premier Sir David Brand. It cost over $3 million. Cyclone Rosita in 2000 damaged the jetty. After that the Port offices at the end of the jetty were relocated to a new facility at the shore end of the jetty.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree
High degree

Condition

Good

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
No.46 MI Place No.

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use OTHER Other
Original Use OTHER Other

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other CONCRETE Other Concrete

Creation Date

28 Jun 2019

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

25 Feb 2021

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