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34-525: Beef cattle were brought in from a 160-kilometre (100 mi) radius around the east Kimberley to be slaughtered, quartered, boned and chilled overnight, and the following day air shipments were made to Wyndham , a 290-kilometre (180 mi), 75-minute flight away using Bristol Freighter and Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The beef was frozen at Wyndham and then shipped to the United Kingdom . Gordon Blythe had convinced MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) to do

68-520: A billiard room, a soda water factory, commission agencies, auctioneers and other businesses. Ships brought in at least five thousand miners, who headed off to the Halls Creek goldfields. During this boom there were times when up to 16 vessels were moored in Cambridge Gulf. However, by 1888, the gold rush at Halls Creek had ended and the fortunes of Wyndham declined. It became a tiny settlement serving

102-620: A paper on "Western Australia" before the Colonial Institute, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales taking the chair. That year he donated a small but important collection of Aboriginal artefacts from Western Australia to the British Museum . His term as governor of Western Australia was marked by great extension of railways and telegraphs, and general progress. When the colony was preparing for responsible government , Broome acted as intermediary between

136-570: A party including commissioner of crown lands John Forrest on the Adelaide Steamship Company mail steamer SS Albany . Price selected Wyndham as the name for the new town, after Walter George Wyndham, the young stepson of the governor of Western Australia Sir Frederick Napier Broome . By late-1886, the town was booming and there were three hotels at the port, one of which was a two-storey building, and two taverns at Three Mile Camp, as well as stores, bootmakers' and butchers' shops,

170-625: A select committee of the House of Commons, to which, early in the session of 1890, the Constitution Bill was referred. Much to the surprise of the London press, the committee reported in favour of the bill and of the transfer of all lands to the colony. Consequently, the British Parliament passed a bill for the whole of the lands of the vast territory—1,060,000 square miles—to be freely handed over to

204-641: A trial air shipment in May 1947 when four carcasses were slaughtered and left at the station at 2am, arriving in Perth in good condition at 3pm the same day. The trial being considered a success, a company Air Beef Ltd was established as a joint venture between the Blythes, MMA and Australian National Airways (ANA), with each party putting up one quarter of the capital and the Western Australian Government (through

238-525: Is a historic building that was constructed in 1960 on the foundations of the original school and road board buildings from 1894. The Hall was also an office and administration building for the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley and later a recreation space until it was converted into an art gallery in 1997. The hall became known as the Boab Art Gallery and showcased artworks by local and regional artists. The Hall

272-571: Is now leased to a community group to support the conservation of the Gouldian finch , a rare and endangered bird species that live in the mangroves near Wyndham. The hall is also a part of a heritage walk of Wyndham Port. Wyndham is also the home of the Big Crocodile , a wire and concrete statue of a crocodile around 18 metres (60 ft) long. For tourists, there are two hotels and a caravan park. The nearby Bastion lookout provides sweeping vistas of

306-523: Is served by Wyndham Airport . The Wyndham Memorial Swimming Pool is a public swimming pool, opened on 5 November 1966 by Charles Court . The Ted Birch Memorial Youth and Recreation Centre is a multi-purpose, community recreation facility. The centre, originally the Wyndham Recreation Centre, was opened on 11 October 2003 by the shire president Barbara Johnson. The Centre was renamed on 29 May 2014 in honour of Pastor Edward "Ted" Birch, who

340-525: Is the northernmost town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , 3,315 kilometres (2,060 mi) northeast of Perth via the Great Northern Highway . It was established in 1886 to service a new goldfield at Halls Creek , and it is now a port and service centre for the east Kimberley with a population of 941 as of the 2021 census . Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 54% of

374-554: The Commonwealth Government passed the "State Grants (Encouragement of Beef Production) Act 1949" which allowed funding for the construction of roads and other infrastructure to support the beef industry, as it was accepted by that time that airfreighting was going to be uneconomic in the long term. By 1953 the southern section of the Gibb River Road to Derby was completed and the first live shipment of cattle by truck from

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408-604: The Nevanas affair and World War I , but the meatworks were completed in 1919 to a design by William Hardwick , who later became the Principal Architect of Western Australia . The meatworks were the mainstay of the town's economy until their closure in 1985; the town also supported the Air Beef Scheme , which ran from 1947 to 1965. Wyndham is on the eastern side of Cambridge Gulf , an inlet of Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in

442-603: The Timor Sea . It is surrounded by the Durack , Pentecost and King rivers to the south, Forrest River to the west and Ord River to the north. Much of the land around Wyndham is inhospitable, and includes the Bastion Range and the mudflats of the Cambridge Gulf. The Bastion Range is the site of the 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) Wyndham Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds

476-604: The Duke of Edinburgh's marriage at St. Petersburg, and on many other occasions. He also wrote literary reviews, art critiques, and miscellaneous articles. He published two volumes of verse, Poems from New Zealand (1868) and The Stranger of Seriphos (1869), and contributed verse to the Cornhill , Macmillan's Magazine , and other periodicals. In 1870 he was appointed secretary to the St. Paul's Cathedral Completion Fund, and, in 1873, secretary to

510-550: The House of Lords; but, owing to strong opposition to handing over an immense tract of Crown lands to the colonists, which suddenly showed itself in the home press and in the House of Commons, the bill could not be proceeded with in the House in 1889, and had to be deferred to the following year. Sir Frederick and two leading members of the Western Australian legislature travelled to England in December 1889 to give evidence before

544-537: The Legislative Council and the British secretary of state. After considerable correspondence, the details of the new constitution were settled, and a bill, approved by Her Majesty's Government, finally passed the local legislature in 1889. Since complementary legislation was needed from Westminster to transfer Crown lands to the colonial legislature, the necessary bill was at once introduced by Lord Knutsford, and passed

578-563: The North West Development and Advisory Committee, which was headed by Russell Dumas ), assisting and providing a loan for the remaining quarter. It was hoped that the scheme would spawn a network of inland abattoirs throughout northern Australia, however this did not eventuate; plans for a similar facility at Fitzroy Crossing were shelved. The plant had a capacity of 300 head of cattle per week and in an average season (May to September) would process about 4,000 head per year. In 1949

612-561: The Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, and held for some time a commission in the Essex yeomanry. He was selected by the Earl of Carnarvon, in 1875, to proceed with Lord Garnet Wolseley on a special mission to Natal , as colonial secretary of that colony. He held that post until 1878, when he was promoted to the colonial secretaryship of Mauritius , where he administered the government in 1879, and

646-501: The area was Phillip Parker King in 1819. He was instructed to find a river "likely to lead to an interior navigation into the great continent". He sailed into Cambridge Gulf, which he named after the Duke of Cambridge , and then sailed up a river which was subsequently named after him. Finding no fresh water on the mudflats, he departed. Wyndham was established on 14 April 1886, by government resident and warden Charles Danvers Price, who led

680-508: The coolest month is June with an average maximum of 31.0 °C (87.8 °F). The annual average maximum temperature is 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), one of the highest in Australia. In 1946, Wyndham recorded 333 consecutive days of temperatures over 32 °C (90 °F). The wet season is very humid with the average dewpoint temperature at 3pm in February being 22.4 °C (72.3 °F). In

714-522: The dry season, in August, it is 8.3 °C (46.9 °F). Large rain events do occur in Wyndham, such as on 4 March 1919 when 318 millimetres (12.5 in) of rain were recorded over a 24-hour period, followed by another 117 millimetres (4.6 in) the next day. There are two schools, Wyndham District High School (K-12) and St Joseph's Catholic School (K-7), one TAFE campus, and a daycare centre. Wyndham

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748-423: The east Kimberley was made. The Derby Meat Company (DEMCO, "Derby Meats") was established by the Blythes and others in 1959 and from then the airshipments were made to the closer destination of Derby. The construction of the road and the completion of slaughtering facilities at DEMCO in 1965 spelt the demise of the scheme and the abattoir was closed in the same year. Wyndham, Western Australia Wyndham

782-430: The largest known population of endangered Gouldian finches . Wyndham experiences a hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification BSh ), being a little too dry to be classified as a tropical savanna climate ( Aw ), with a wet season from late November to March and a dry season from April to early November. The hottest month is November with an average maximum temperature of 39.5 °C (103.1 °F), and

816-511: The legislature of Western Australia, which thus obtained its new constitution on the same basis as the other colonies of the continent, there being no opposition to the bill in the House of Lords. Broome finally left Western Australia in December 1889, on a mission to England in connection with the Constitution Bill, and his tenure as governor ended in September 1890. One source states "Disputes with his senior officials tarnished Broome’s reputation in

850-542: The pastoral interests in the East Kimberley. By 1912, money had virtually disappeared from the Wyndham economy, and purchases were paid for using promissory notes known as "shinplasters". In 1942, during World War II, the town and its aerodrome were attacked on four occasions by Japanese aircraft. Wyndham's significance as a service centre was crucial for the construction of the Ord River Diversion Dam and

884-458: The population. Wyndham comprises two areas - the original town site at Wyndham Port situated on Cambridge Gulf , and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) by road to the south, the Three Mile area with the residential and shopping area for the port, also founded in 1886. Wyndham is part of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley . Wyndham is within traditional Doolboong country. The first European to visit

918-602: The surrounding country, including the Durack , Pentecost , King , Forrest and Ord Rivers , which emerge into the Cambridge Gulf. The town has a museum in the old courthouse that is open to the public and run by the Wyndham Historical Society. Nearby Wyndham is the Boab Prison Tree . Jirrawun Arts was an Indigenous Australian art centre, established in 1998 in Kununurra before moving to Wyndham in 2006. It

952-506: The town of Kununurra in the early 1960s. With the rise of Kununurra as a larger population centre, the significance of Wyndham as a service centre had diminished by the 1980s. Wyndham has regained significance as the port for the region with new mines shipping ore from the port. In 1913, the Western Australian government started to construct the Wyndham Meatworks to restart the town's economy. The construction efforts were interrupted by

986-578: Was a colonial administrator in the British Empire, serving in Natal , Mauritius , Western Australia , Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago . The Western Australian towns of Broome and Broomehill are named after him. He has signed his name as F. Napier Broome. The eldest son of Rev. Frederick Broome, rector of Kenley, Shropshire , by his wife Catherine Eleanor (eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Napier, formerly Superintendent, Indian Department, Canada) Broome

1020-525: Was born in Canada and educated at Whitchurch Grammar School , Shropshire. When visiting England in 1865, he married Mary Anne Barker on 21 June. The couple moved to New Zealand where Broome had a sheep station, in the Malvern Hills , province of Canterbury . Broome returned to London in 1869, and for the following six years was a regular contributor to The Times , being the newspaper's correspondent at

1054-615: Was instrumental in helping establish a youth service in Wyndham. Peter Reid Memorial Hall is a community hall in Wyndham available for community events and private bookings. The hall, originally the Wyndham Hall, was built in 1982 and was later renamed the Peter Reid Memorial Hall in recognition of Peter Reid's service to the community by the Wyndham Lions Club , following his death in 1985. The Wyndham Port Shire Hall

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1088-414: Was lieutenant-governor of the island from 1880 to 1888. He was the 14th governor of Mauritius from 9 Dec 1880 to 5 May 1883. He was created CMG in 1877, and KCMG in 1884 On receiving the news of Britain's military disaster at Isandlwana (1879), he despatched at once to the assistance of Lord Chelmsford nearly the whole of the garrison of the colony, including a half battery of artillery, For which he

1122-467: Was notable as the base for contemporary Indigenous Australian artists of the eastern Kimberley region , including Paddy Bedford and Freddie Timms . It closed in 2010. Their art was exhibited in exhibitions in Melbourne and elsewhere. The Wyndham area was a filming location for: Sir Frederick Napier Broome Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG (18 November 1842 – 26 November 1896)

1156-530: Was warmly thanked by the governor and high commissioner of the Cape Colony , Sir Bartle Frere , and by the colony of Natal through its lieutenant governor, Sir Henry Bulwer . On 14 December 1882 he was appointed governor of Western Australia , and assumed office in June 1883. He visited England in 1885, when, with the "view of extending knowledge of the resources of what was at that time a little known colony", he read

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