Lombadina is a medium-sized
Aboriginal community on the north-western coast of
Western Australia
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on
Cape Leveque, north of
Broome in the
Kimberley
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Places and historical events
Australia
Queensland
* Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas
South Australia
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Ta ...
region. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word, . The community is inhabited by the
Bardi people
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.
Lombadina is part of a single urban area that incorporates
Djarindjin
Djarindjin is a medium-sized Aboriginal community located north of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Broome. It is within the traditional lands of the Bardi and Jawi peoples.
Location
Djarindjin is lo ...
and
Lombadina. At the 2016
Census
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, 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
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, in 191011. 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 is located within the determined Bardi Jawi (WAD49/1998) native title claim area.
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.
Governance
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Lombadina Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 16 July 1987.
Town planning
Lombadina Layout Plan No.3 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. It was endorsed by the
Western Australian Planning Commission
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in 2001, however has not been endorsed by the community and exists in draft format only.
References
General references
Deborah Ruiz Wall, "The Pigram Brothers: a top Aboriginal band talk about their Filipino heritage", Kasama 21(2), April 2007*Regina Ganter,
Mixed Relations: Asian Aboriginal Contact in North Australia, University of Western Australia Press, , 2006
External links
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous CorporationsNative Title Claimant application summary
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Towns in Western Australia
Aboriginal communities in Kimberley (Western Australia)
Australian Aboriginal missions