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Locality: Derby, Western Australia

Phone: +61 418 910 153

Address: Savannah Way Derby, WA, Australia

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23.01.2022 Before the launch of the Beef Roads Scheme in the 1960's the Gibb River Road was a rough track that only extended between Derby and Mt House station. AS a result Mt House, Mt Hart, Glenroy and Gibb River Stations were required to drove their cattle long distances through rugged and extreme terrain. Up until the 1950's mustering was done on the back of mules, the stations provisions were collected from Derby either by bullock or donkey teams & wagons - a trip from Mt Hart to D...erby which now takes 3 hours, used to take 3 weeks. After the Second World War the pastoralists,in an effort to overcome these challenges, investigated the slaughter of cattle at the Glenroy Meat Works (located about 100km to the east of Imintji aboriginal community near Derby). This prompted pastoralists to commence chilling their station beef, and flying the frozen carcasses to market, and became a famous event in the history of the Kimberley, known as the "Air Beef Scheme". This scheme eventually proved to be too expensive, increasing the need for a better means of overland transportion. See more

22.01.2022 During World War II, Derby was bombed by Japanese planes because of an air base and jetty that was steadily used by Australian forces. More recently, refugees are housed at Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin, which is located to the south of Derby. Derby was famous in the 1920s as the terminus of the first scheduled aviation service in Australia, West Australian Airways Ltd. They began their service with a first flight on 5 December 1921. At one time the Perth to Derby service was the world’s longest passenger airline route. The Derby Leprosarium on the outskirts of the town was one of two in Western Australia that helped to contain an epidemic of the disease from the 1930s to the 1960s.[5]

21.01.2022 Derby Airport Airport History Derby has contributed to the aviation history of Australia since the first days of Norman Brearly's West Australian Airways.... On 9th August 1922, a site for the Derby airport was selected. This site, now the aircraft aerodrome near town, met the demands of aviation for the next 68 years. For a number of years the salt marsh adjacent to the town was used as a convenient airstrip provided the tide was out! In 1938 the introduction of a United Kingdom to Darwin flying boat service and a land plane link from Darwin to Sydney began. A through route from Darwin to Perth was established by MacRobertson Miller Aviation Co (MMA), which had taken over from Western Australian Airways in 1934. In May 1941 an Advanced Operational Base was established by the RAAF and the aerodrome came under military control. It became an important base for Allied operations when Japan entered the war and made a series of attacks to the North West, including an air raid on Derby and the devastating attack on Broome. Drama has been part of Derby's aviation history with events such as the downing of the Southern Cross at Glenelg River north of Derby on the 30th March 1929, flown by Kingsford Smith. This became known as the Coffee Royal Affair, as it was speculated, and later disproved, that Kingsford Smith had staged the forced landing as a publicity stunt. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Victorian Section) was incorporated on 23rd August 1934. It provided an essential service that continues today, with modern aircraft servicing all the Kimberley from the airport and now administered by RFDS (Western Operations). In 1989, civil operations were shifted to the Curtin Civil Terminal at Curtin RAAF Base, and the local airport reduced to light aircraft status on 1 July 1989. Since then, all civil operations have returned to Derby Airport and services include Regular Public Transport (RPT, Charter and Royal Flying Doctor Service operations.

20.01.2022 On 31 October 1894 Jandamarra, known as Pigeon, shot Constable Richardson after the pair had tracked 16 Aborigines accused of stealing and killing stock. * Pigeon was finally cornered in 1897 and killed near his hideout at Tunnel Creek. * In the early years of the twentieth century the Worrorra, Ngarinyin, and Wunumbal tribes were brought together in the Kunmunya Presbyterian mission. * In 1951 iron ore mining commenced at Cockatoo Island and this revitalised the town. * The local Aborigines were forced to move. They eventually settled at Mowanjum, 15 km from Derby, in 1960. They now run the Mowanjum Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre.

17.01.2022 Derby Wharf The first wharf, built in 1894, was a wooden T shaped structure located at the northern end of the present steel and concrete wharf. It was linked to the town of Derby by a horse drawn tramway, crossing the mud flats via a causeway where the present day road is located. Wool and pearl shell were the major exports in the early days. In 1964, when the new wharf was built, live cattle were exported and fuel, oil and provisions were the main imports. The last passenge...r ship visited in 1973. Derby wharf was closed by the Department of Transport in 1994 but with combined Shire and community effort it was reopened as an Export Facility in 1997 for barges exporting lead and zinc concentrates from the Cadjebut Mine at Fitzroy Crossing. Today, pleasure and tourist craft are the main vessels visiting the wharf. The wharf is a popular place from which to view the stunning sunsets over King Sound or to fish for catfish, shark, golden grunter, north west salmon and mud crabs on the incoming tides. The ongoing objective of the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley is to facilitate trade and to maximize the competitive advantage available to potential exporters or customers using the facility.

10.01.2022 The Gibb River Road was eventually completed in 1967 - the hardest parts to complete were through the King Leopold Ranges especially 'Inglis Gap' and 'The Bench'. The roads linking the Gibb River Road to Wyndham and to Kulumburu were completed in 1977. In 1996 Main Roads W.A. took over responsibility for the whole length of the Gibb River road. This has lead to an upgrade in road conditions in the northern section of the Gibb River

08.01.2022 The Story of Jandamarra Jandamarra, or "Pigeon" as he is often called, was an infamous "outlaw" in the 1890s. During that time the European settlers were opening up large parts of the Kimberley. In the process Aboriginal people were driven from their lands, or worse, rounded up, deprived of their freedom and forced to work on the newly established cattle stations. Aboriginals also could not hunt on their land any more like they used to. The only alternative were of course the...Continue reading

08.01.2022 1688 William Dampier, who helped to careen the 'Cygnet' north of One Arm Point, became one of the first Europeans to see the Kimberley region.

08.01.2022 * In 1964 a new jetty was built to export live cattle. * The last passenger ship visited Derby in 1973. * In 1980 the last commercial ship visited the port. In the port's last full year of operation 51 vessels visited consisting of 13 overseas ships, 34 interstate, 2 naval vessels, 1 customs vessel and a refugee boat.

04.01.2022 1883 Derby officially named a townsite (and unlike Broome which remained vacant) was occupied by a Government Resident and a police detachment. Several stations existed by this time and Yeeda's wool, awaiting shipment, was swept away by a tidal wave resulting from the Krakatoa volcanic explosion in Indonesia. Geologist EJ Hardman described Devil's Pass now known as Windjana Gorge.

03.01.2022 Image of the Roebuck at anchor, with a ship's boat rowing toward shore Arrival of the Roebuck in Shark Bay, from a painting by John Charles Allcot (1925)

03.01.2022 The town's first jetty was built in 1885. That same year Charlie Hall discovered gold at Halls Creek and miners and prospectors poured through the port on their way to the goldfields. * 1885 saw the MacDonald brothers reach the area after they had overlanded cattle 6,440 km from Goulburn in New South Wales.

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