La_Grange_Bay,_Western_Australia

Lagrange Bay

Lagrange Bay

Town in Western Australia

Lagrange Bay is located 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Broome, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. It is the site of the Catholic Pallottine La Grange Mission,[2] and the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga.[3] It was the location of the La Grange massacre and expedition in 1865.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bidyadana (La Grange) (L)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "La Grange Mission celebrates its 50th anniversary.", Kimberley community profile, pp. 12–13, August 2005
  3. [3]
    "Welcome to the Bidyadanga CRC". WA Community Resource Network. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

Further reading

  • Zucker, Margaret.(2005) From patrons to partners and the separated children of the Kimberley : a history of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley, WA Fremantle, W.A. : University of Notre Dame Australia Press. ISBN 0-9579988-3-X


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