Lombadina, Western Australia facts for kids

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Lombadina Location in Western Australia
Time zone	AWST (UTC+8)
Location	170 km (106 mi) N of Broome, Western Australia
LGA(s)	Shire of Broome
State electorate(s)	Kimberley
Federal Division(s)	Durack

Lombadina is a medium-sized Aboriginal community on the north-western coast of Western Australia on Cape Leveque, north of Broome in the Kimberley region. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word, "Lollmardinard". The community is inhabited by the Bardi people.

Lombadina is part of a single urban area that incorporates Djarindjin and Lombadina. At the 2016 Census, this single urban area had a total population of 397, including 312 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Catholic mission was established with the help of Thomas Puertollano, a Filipino from Manila, in 1910–11. In 1916, to avoid it being taken over by the government of Western Australia, the land was bought by an Irishman, the brother of the controversial Redemptorist priest, John Creagh.

Native title

The community located within the Determined Bardi Jawi (WAD49/1998) native title claim area.

Town planning

Lombadina Layout Plan No.3 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. It was endorsed by the WAPC in 2001, however has not been endorsed by the community and exists in draft format only. The draft layout plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia official site: http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/communitylayoutplans/2601.asp.

Education

Children of school age at Lombadina attend the Lombadina-Djarindjin Catholic Primary School. The school runs classes for students from pre-school (4 years old) to Year 10 (16 years old). The total number of students is approximately 90.