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Perth: White Divers of Broome reviews

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:05:57 +0000

The play The White Divers of Broome opened in Perth this week.

Stephen Bevis here gives a fairly straight-forward review.

The West Australian [read this story]

Victoria Laurie was disappointed with the script.

ABC [read this story]

The Australian [read this story]

Mark Naglazas compared it with Steve Hawke’s Jandamarra play, which he did not like either.

The West Australian [read this story]

Broome, Wyndham: Port authorities to combine

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:05:19 +0000

A new Kimberley Port Authority would manage all Kimberley ports under a new government plan.

The new agency would manage the ports of Wyndham, Derby, Cockatoo and Koolan Islands, Broome, and the planned port at James Price Point.

Sydney Morning Herald [read this story]

Perth: White Divers play opens tonight

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000

Photo: Bel Skinner

The play “The White Divers of Broome” opens tonight at Perth’s Heath Ledger Theatre.

The play is set in 1912 Broome, when the government sent Royal Navy divers to replace Asian pearl divers under the White Australia Policy.

The West Australian [read this story]

Environs Kimberley – Project Officer

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Environs Kimberley is advertising for a Project Officer to work on the West Kimberley Nature Project.

“The Broome-based position entails working cooperatively with Indigenous Ranger Groups, Traditional Owners, environment groups and others on the Dampier Peninsula and 80 Mile Beach,” according to the advertisement.

Click here to read the advertisement or go to the Jobs Page.

Broome: Young man bashed, robbed

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:10 +0000

A young man was bashed and robbed by a group of men early on Friday morning.

He did not know his attackers, who stole his shoes and phone.

ABC [read this story]

Report urges greater Defence presence

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:39:19 +0000

A defence department report recommends warships make more use of Broome port.

It also urges a greater defence “visibility” in Australia’s north and west.

News.com.au [read this story]

Broome: Jail sentence for indecent dealing with a child

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:33 +0000

A man received 10-month sentence for a sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl on a community.

Derek James Butt, 35, entered the girls room as she slept, ordered an older relative to leave the room, and then climbed into bed with the girl and touched her breasts.

The West Australian [read this story]

Broome: Jail sentence for back stabber

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:22:37 +0000

A Broome man was given two years jail for aggravated grievous bodily harm.

Ronny Woia, 38, stabbed his partner in the back, puncturing her lung.

The West Australian [read this story]

Broome: Crocodile park closed

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:13:20 +0000

Courtesy DEC

Malcolm Douglas’ crocodile park at Cable Beach is now closed.

The crocodiles are being moved to the wilderness park Mr Douglas started at Twelve Mile.

The Cable Beach property is being developed as a cafe and artists’ studios.

The West Australian [read this story]

Cricket: Broome thrashes Geraldton

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:57:17 +0000

Broome thrashed Geraldton (300 to 189) at the Senior Country Week C-section final last weekend in Perth.

Farm Weekly [read this story]