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Place Beagle Bay

Western Australia

Summary

Beagle Bay is an Aboriginal Community situated adjacent to the Indian Ocean and 100km north of Broome. Beagle Bay community was established in 1890 by Trappist Monks. Today, Beagle Bay has its own school which the Monks established in 1892; one store, a cemetery, a sewer system, bore water and locally generated and supplied electricity. Beagle Bay is home to Indigenous people from all across the Kimberley. In 2011, the population was 288.

Archival resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

  • Correspondence and List of Participants, 1977 - 1984, 02D-43; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
  • Correspondence and List of Study Participants, 1977, 02D-48; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
  • Correspondence and Lists of Study Participants, 1971 - 1974, 02D-33; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details

Published resources

Online Resources