Lagrange Bay

Lagrange Bay
Western Australia
Lagrange Bay
Coordinates 18°41′04″S 121°46′39″E / 18.68442°S 121.77748°E / -18.68442; 121.77748Coordinates: 18°41′04″S 121°46′39″E / 18.68442°S 121.77748°E / -18.68442; 121.77748
Population 617 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 6725
Location 190 km (118 mi) S of Broome, Western Australia
LGA(s) Shire of Broome
State electorate(s) Kimberley
Federal Division(s) Durack

Lagrange Bay is located 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Broome, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. It is the site of the Catholic Pallottine ‘’’La Grange Mission’’,[2] and the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga.[3] It was the location of the La Grange massacre and expedition in 1865.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bidyadana (La Grange) (L)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ ‘’La Grange Mission celebrates its 50th anniversary. Kimberley community profile, August 2005, p. 12-13
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the Bidyadanga CRC". WA Community Resource Network. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

Further reading

  • Zucker, Margaret.(2005) From patrons to partners and the separated children of the Kimberley : a history of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley, WA Fremantle, W.A. : University of Notre Dame Australia Press. ISBN 0-9579988-3-X


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