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Broome Orthoreovirus
__NOTOC__ Broome may refer to: Places Australia * Broome, Western Australia **Broome International Airport **Broome Tramway **Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome **Shire of Broome **Attack on Broome during World War II United Kingdom *Broome Park, Kent *Broome, Norfolk *Broome, Shropshire *Broome, Worcestershire United States * Broome, New York * Broome County, New York * Broome, Texas * Broome Street, New York City Ships * HMAS Broome (ACPB 90), an ''Armidale'' class patrol boat * HMAS Broome (J191), a ''Bathurst'' class corvette * USS Broome (DD-210), a ''Clemson'' class destroyer Other uses * Broome (name) * Broome Sandstone, a Mesozoic geologic formation * Broome (horse) Broome (foaled 8 February 2016) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed very good form as a juvenile in 2018 when he won one minor race and ran second in both the Champions Juvenile Stakes and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère. He improved i ..., thoroughbred racehorse See also * Brome (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome, Western Australia
Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru people, is a coastal pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. In the the population was recorded as 14,660. It is the largest town in the Kimberley region. Geography Broome is located on Western Australia's tropical Kimberley coast on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. Roebuck Bay Being situated on a north–south peninsula, Broome has water on both sides of the town. On the eastern shore are the waters of Roebuck Bay extending from the main jetty at Port Drive to Sandy Point, west of Thangoo station. Town Beach is part of the shoreline and is popular with visitors on the eastern end of the town. It is the site of the 'Staircase to the Moon', where a receding tide and a rising moon combine to create a stunning natural phenomenon. On "Staircase to the Moon" nights, a food and craft market operates on Town Beach. Roebuck Bay is of international importance for the millions of migrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome County, New York
Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton. The county was named for John Broome, the state's lieutenant governor when Broome County was created. The county is part of the Binghamton, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Binghamton University, one of four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Broome County was part of the enormous Albany County, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what was left of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome (horse)
Broome (foaled 8 February 2016) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed very good form as a juvenile in 2018 when he won one minor race and ran second in both the Champions Juvenile Stakes and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère. He improved in the following year to win the Ballysax Stakes and the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial before finishing a close fourth in the Epsom Derby. After running poorly in two races in 2020 he returned to form as a five-year-old to win the Devoy Stakes, Alleged Stakes, Mooresbridge Stakes and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Background Broome is a bay horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his left hind leg bred in Ireland by Epona Bloodstock. In September 2017 the yearling colt was consigned to the Goffs Orby sale but failed to reach his reserve price of €120,000 Two months later, the colt was sent to the Tattersalls sales in England and was bought for 150,000 guineas by Michael Magnier on behalf of his father, John Magnier's Coolmore Stud or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome Sandstone
The Broome Sandstone, formerly known as the Broome Beds, is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation found in Western Australia, and formerly considered part of Dampier Group. Fossil sauropod tracks, belonging to an unknown ichnotaxon, and stegosaur tracks belonging to the ichnogenus and species '' Garbina roeorum'' have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, ''et al''. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.Yanijarri-Lurujarri at Fossilworks.org See also * **[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome (name)
Broome is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Albert Broome (1900–1989), British soccer player * Bob Broome, American football coach * Christopher Edmund Broome (1812–1886), British mycologist * David Broome (born 1940), British equestrian * Ernest James Broome (1908–1975), Canadian politician * Emilia Broomé (1866–1925), Swedish politician, feminist and peace activist * Frank Broome (1915–1994), English footballer * Sir Frederick Broome (1842–1896), Governor of Western Australia * Harvey Broome (1902–1968), American lawyer, writer and conservationist * Ian Broome (born 1960), English cricketer * Jack Broome (1901–1985), Royal Navy officer * James E. Broome (1808–1883), American politician * Jerry Broome (born 1966), American actor * John Broome (other), various people ** John L. Broome (1824–1898), United States Marine Corps officer ** John Broome (philosopher) (born 1947), British philosopher ** Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Broome (DD-210)
USS ''Broome'' (DD-210/AG-96) was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named after Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel John L. Broome. Construction and commissioning ''Broome'' was launched 14 May 1919, by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Mary Josephine Heyworth Broome, granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Broome, and commissioned 31 October 1919. Service history ''Broome'' left New York Navy Yard in May 1920 for duty in European waters. She cruised between English and French ports, as well as in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean. At the end of the year, she reported to the Asiatic Fleet. After two years, she returned to the United States and went out of commission at San Diego 30 December 1922. ''Broome'' was recommissioned 5 February 1930 and thereafter served actively with the fleet in the Pacific until 1939, except for a period in reduced commission during 1934. In May 1939, ''Broome'' arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard for duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAS Broome (J191)
HMAS ''Broome'' (J191), named for the town of Broome, Western Australia, was one of 60 ''Bathurst''-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Design and construction In 1938, the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (ACNB) identified the need for a general purpose 'local defence vessel' capable of both anti-submarine and mine-warfare duties, while easy to construct and operate.Stevens, ''The Australian Corvettes'', p. 1Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', p. 103 The vessel was initially envisaged as having a displacement of approximately 500 tons, a speed of at least , and a range of Stevens, ''A Critical Vulnerability'', pp. 103–4 The opportunity to build a prototype in the place of a cancelled Bar-class boom defence vessel saw the proposed design increased to a 680-ton vessel, with a top speed, and a range of , armed with a 4-inch gun, equipped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAS Broome (ACPB 90)
HMAS ''Broome'' (ACPB 90), named for the city of Broome, Western Australia, is an ''Armidale''-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Design and construction The ''Armidale''-class patrol boats are long, with a beam of , a draught of , and a standard displacement of 270 tons.Saunders (ed.), ''IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013'', p. 33 The semi-displacement vee hull is fabricated from aluminium alloy, and each vessel is built to a combination of Det Norske Veritas standards for high-speed light craft and RAN requirements.Kerr, ''Plain sailing'' The ''Armidale''s can travel at a maximum speed of , and are driven by two propeller shafts, each connected to an MTU 16V M70 diesel. The ships have a range of at , allowing them to patrol the waters around the distant territories of Australia, and are designed for standard patrols of 21 days, with a maximum endurance of 42 days. The main armament of the ''Armidale'' class is a Rafael Typhoon stabilised gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome Street
Broome Street is an east–west street in Lower Manhattan. It runs nearly the full width of Manhattan island, from Hudson Street in the west to Lewis Street in the east, near the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge. The street is interrupted in a number of places by parks, buildings, and Allen Street's median. The street was named after Staten Island-born John Broome, who was a Colonial merchant and politician and became a Lieutenant Governor of New York State. History According to a map sourced from the New York Public Library collection, the area around Broome Street was developed in the first decade of the 1800s as part of the neighborhood known at that time as 'New Delaney's Square,' although this is probably a mistake for "Delancey," as the Delancey family had owned the land for many decades and had already begun planning development in the 1760s. The street is named after John Broome, an early city alderman and lieutenant governor of New York in 1804. The architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome, Texas
Broome is an unincorporated community in Sterling County, Texas, United States. Its elevation is 2,211 feet (674 m)., Geographic Names Information System, 1979-11-30. Accessed 2007-12-29. It lies southeast of Sterling City, the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ... of Sterling County. References Unincorporated communities in Sterling County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{SterlingCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome, New York
:''There is also a Broome County, New York, U.S.''. ---- Broome is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 947 at the 2000 census. The town is named after John Broome. The Town of Broome is on the eastern border of the county, southwest of Albany. History The town was one of the six original towns when the county was formed in 1797. Originally named Bristol, the town name was changed to Broome in 1808. Parts of Broome town were taken to form part of Conesville town in 1836 and part of Gilboa town in 1848 and small parts annexed to Broome town from Middleburgh town in 1849. Few settlers came to Broome until after the American Revolution. Notable people * Daniel Shays, leader of Shays' Rebellion. * David Williams, officer involved in the capture of Major Andre. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.58%) is water. The eastern town line is the border of Alban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome International Airport
Broome International Airport is a regional airport located west of the Broome GPO, Western Australia. Broome International Airport is the regional hub of the northwestern part of Western Australia. It is considered the gateway to the Kimberley region. In the year ending 30 June 2011 the airport handled 409,663 passengers. It is ranked the 20th busiest airport in Australia.Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only" History ;World War II The airport field was attacked on the morning of 3 March 1942, during World War II. The attack on Broome resulted in at least 88 deaths. The airport field was being used by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and allies, the Japanese raid destroyed at least 22 aircraft, parts of which are still on display to this day at Broome Historical Museum. ;Postwar The airport runway was extended in around 2004–2006. It also has had several upgrades to helicopter infrastructure. It is home to state-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
