Broome Yawuru Country & Culture Walk
Explore Broome through Yawuru culture — the Aboriginal custodians of the Broome peninsula for over 50,000 years who have maintained connection to Country through the pearling era and continue to shape the town's identity and land management.
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Yawuru Country Walk Minyirr Park
Minyirr Park is the Yawuru name for the Cable Beach headland — the coastal parkland protects significant Yawuru sites including sacred waterholes, songlines, and the pindan country that the Yawuru have managed for millennia.
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Broome Language & Culture Centre
The Nyamba Buru Yawuru Cultural Centre is the headquarters of the Yawuru native title holders — the organisation manages the Yawuru's rights over the Broome peninsula following the 2010 native title consent determination, one of the first urban native title agreements in WA.
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Lurujarri Dreaming Trail Start
The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail is a 9-day, 80-km coastal walk from Minarriny (Coulon Beach) south of Broome to Minyirr — the walk follows a Goolarabooloo songline along the Kimberley coast, guided by Traditional Custodians who share Dreaming stories at each camp.
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Town Beach Buru Sites
The Roebuck Bay foreshore at Town Beach includes Buru sites significant to Yawuru Law — the rock carvings visible at low tide on the Roebuck Bay reef are among the oldest known art sites in the Kimberley, connected to Yawuru songlines along the coast.
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Short Street Kimberley Art
Short Street Gallery and the Chinatown galleries showing Kimberley Aboriginal art represent the region's significant artistic traditions — the ochre-based paintings from Bidyadanga community, Mangkaja arts from Fitzroy Crossing, and Yawuru art reflect distinct visual cultures.
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Coconut Wells Yawuru Sacred Site
Coconut Wells north of Broome is a Yawuru site associated with the ancestral serpent — the wells on the coast where fresh water meets salt water are sacred in Yawuru law, and the site is managed under the native title agreement as a protected area.