James Price Point

Pindan Country near James Price Point

James Price Point is a headland in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. It is 52 kilometres (32 mi) north of Broome.

James Price Point was the proposed location for the now cancelled Browse LNG project.[1]

The location is believed to be named after James Price, Minister for Works in Western Australia who died in May 1910.[2] In 1909 a tour of north-west ports in the SS Koombana was undertaken including Price, and the premier Sir Newton Moore.[3] It is possible that the place was named during this tour.

The indigenous name given by the Jabirr Jabirr and Goolarabooloo people is Walmadany.[4]

The aborigines take the fossilised footprints on the beach for the footprints of Emu- man, their ancestor In the "dream time".

A 2016 study of the footprints by the University of Queensland confirmed they are the largest collection of dinosaur footprints in the world and contain the world's largest single print. Indications of 21 separate dinosaur species from the Cretaceous period have been identified.[5]

On 19 August 2013, the Supreme Court of Western Australia overruled Western Australian Environment Minister and the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority and blocked Browse LNG plant at James Price Point after successful lobbying by the Wilderness Society.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Woodside Petroleum Cancels Onshore L.N.G. Project in Australia". New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ↑ who was James Price?
  3. ↑ "Notes of the week". Western Mail. Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 24 April 1909. p. 33. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Walmadany - James Price Point
  5. ↑ "Photos: Remote Australian peninsula reveals richest collection of dinosaur tracks ever found". National Post. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  6. ↑ - Victory for Australia’s nature: WA Supreme Court rules James Price Point approval ‘illegal’ 19 August 2013

Coordinates: 17°29′19″S 122°08′29″E / 17.4886°S 122.1413°E / -17.4886; 122.1413

  • "James Price Point". Gazeteer of Australia. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
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