Lagrange Bay Explained

Type:	town
Lagrange Bay
State:	wa
Local Map:	yes
Zoom:	10
Coordinates:	-18.6844°N 121.7775°W
Relief:	yes
Pop:	617
Postcode:	6725
Dist1:	190
Dir1:	S
Location1:	Broome, Western Australia
Lga:	Shire of Broome
Stategov:	Kimberley
Fedgov:	Durack

Lagrange Bay is located 200km (100miles) south of Broome, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. It is the site of the Catholic Pallottine La Grange Mission, and the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga.^[1] It was the location of the La Grange massacre and expedition in 1865.

See also

• Explorers' Monument

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the Bidyadanga CRC. WA Community Resource Network. 28 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110220145530/http://www.bidyadanga.crc.net.au/. 20 February 2011. dead.