Local Government
Broome
Region
Kimberley
Port Dr Broome
Broome
Kimberley
Constructed from 1966
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Aug 2014 | Grading C |
Grading C |
Broome's deep-water port and jetty is significant for the associations with shipping, and imports and exports, and more recently tourism.
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.
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 High degree
AUTHENTICITY High degree
Good
Individual Building or Group
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Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Dock\Wharf Bldg or Structure |
Present Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Dock\Wharf Bldg or Structure |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | Water, power, major t'port routes |
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