Broome
Broome is the largest town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with 14,660 residents in 2021. Established through the pearling industry of the late 19th century, it became a beach resort in the 1980s. Wikivoyage
Population 14,660 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 13 h 05 of daylight
- February: 12 h 41 of daylight
- March: 12 h 13 of daylight
- April: 11 h 42 of daylight
- May: 11 h 17 of daylight
- June: 11 h 04 of daylight
- July: 11 h 09 of daylight
- August: 11 h 30 of daylight
- September: 11 h 59 of daylight
- October: 12 h 29 of daylight
- November: 12 h 57 of daylight
- December: 13 h 12 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Women of Pearling Monument Monument · 350 m
- Broome Historical Museum Museum · 680 m
- Broome War Memorial Monument · 320 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Shinju Matsuri
August
Shinju Matsuri is the last two weeks of August, a festival loosely themed on the pearl trade
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Broome); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.