Roebourne

E273377
human settlement town

Roebourne is a historic town in Western Australia known as one of the oldest settlements in the Pilbara and as a center for local Aboriginal communities and culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roebourne canonical 6
Marble Bar 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromKarratha about 40 kilometres east ⓘ
hasCharacteristic significant Aboriginal population ⓘ
hasClimate hot desert climate ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory gold rush service centre ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
pearling ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic town ⓘ
hasNearbyAboriginalCommunity Cheeditha ⓘ
Ngurrawaana ⓘ
Wickham (Aboriginal communities) ⓘ
hasNearbyHeritageTown Cossack ⓘ
hasRole centre for Aboriginal culture ⓘ
centre for local Aboriginal communities ⓘ
isLocatedIn north-western Australia ⓘ
surface form: North West Western Australia
isLocatedOn North West Coastal Highway ⓘ
isNear Cossacks ⓘ
surface form: Cossack

Dampier ⓘ
Karratha ⓘ
Point Samson ⓘ
isOneOf oldest settlements in the Pilbara ⓘ
liesOn Harding River ⓘ
localGovernmentArea City of Karratha ⓘ
namedAfter John Septimus Roe ⓘ
region Pilbara region ⓘ
surface form: Pilbara
state Western Australia ⓘ
traditionalOwners Ngarluma people ⓘ
Yindjibarndi people ⓘ
wasEstablished 1866 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilbara region → hasMajorTown → Roebourne ⓘ
Pilbara region → contains → Roebourne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marble Bar
Millstream Chichester National Park → nearestTown → Roebourne ⓘ
Cape Lambert → nearbyLocality → Roebourne ⓘ
North West Coastal Highway → passesNear → Roebourne ⓘ
Ngarluma people → associatedTown → Roebourne ⓘ
Yindjibarndi people → associatedTown → Roebourne ⓘ