Broome on WA's Kimberley coast is the heart of Australia's South Sea Pearl industry — a heritage rich in Indigenous, Asian, and European involvement going back to the 1880s.
Broome on WA's Kimberley coast is the heart of Australia's South Sea Pearl industry — a heritage rich in Indigenous, Asian, and European involvement going back to the 1880s.
~$60M (2023)
Australian South Sea Pearls — premium globally.
BarramundiCone Bay Ocean Barramundi (nearby).
Broome's pearling history is unique in Australia. The town's heritage interweaves Aboriginal, Japanese, Malay, Indonesian, and Filipino communities — many of whom worked the historic pearl-shell industry. The contemporary pearl industry remains a deeply place-based, multi-cultural enterprise.