Red cliffs, white sand, turquoise sea
Broome
A pearling town in north-west Australia where rust-red earth meets white beach and bright turquoise water.
Why Broome is pindan red
Broome is a town on the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. The soil of the region, called pindan, is a fine red earth, and at Gantheaume Point and Roebuck Bay it forms low red cliffs. Below them lie white sand and a sea that is bright turquoise because the water is shallow over pale sand and mud. The three colours meet in one view. Broome grew from the 1880s as a centre of pearl diving, which drew divers from Japan, China, Malaysia and the islands, alongside Aboriginal people who were often forced into the work. A Japanese cemetery recalls the many who died. Cultured pearls are still farmed nearby. The land is the country of the Yawuru people.
#B5452ACable Beach white#F5F0E6Indian Ocean turquoise#3FC2C0Pearl white#F0EDE6Mangrove green#4F7F5AValues are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Broome, Western Australia" on Wikipedia. If you know Broome and we have it wrong, tell us.
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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shekhawati In: Digrajsingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kutch In: Zeel Satyendra Modi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uluru Au: Thomas Schoch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brighton Beach Au: Celco85, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hobart Au: Michael fromholtz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lake Hillier Au: Aussie Oc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source