Yawuru Conservation Estate

The Yawuru Conservation Estate is a set of four conservation parks that cover roughly 100,000 hectares of land and water throughout and around the town of Broome. The four parks consist of:

Guniyan Binba Conservation Park – this park encompasses the intertidal area north of Cable Beach and extends north to Willie Creek and includes Coconut Wells lagoon.
Yawuru Minyirr Buru Conservation Park – this includes around twenty land parcels throughout the Broome townsite including (but not limited to): Minyirr Park, Reddell coastline, Simpsons Beach coastline and Gatheaume Minyirr Point.
Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay Marine Park – this includes the intertidal and subtitdal areas of Roebuck Bay, outside of the Kimberly Port Authority waters.
Yawuru Birragun Conservation Park – these are the lands adjacent to Guniyan Binba Conservation Park and the marine park, including from Willie Creek, Buckley’s plains, Dampier Creek, Crab Creek and south around Roebuck Bay beyond Yardoogarra (Jack’s Creek).

For more information on projects throughout the Yawuru Conversation Estate - Yawuru Parks Council 2024 Newsletter(PDF, 30MB)

Governance

The Yawuru Park Council (YPC) is the governing body for the Yawuru Conservation Estate and was established under the Yawuru Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) to monitor and implement the management plans for each of the conservation parks.

The YPC comprises of the Shire of Broome, Yawuru Registered Native Title Holders Body Coporate (RNTBC) and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).

However, responsibility for each of the four parks is assigned in different ways.

Yawuru Minyirr Buru Conversation Park

Jointly managed by Shire of Broome and Yawuru RNTBC.

Minyirr Buru Conservation Park is comprised of twenty land parcels. The park contains some of Broome’s most picturesque sites including:

The red pindan soils of Reddell Beach and Gantheaume Minyirr Point which attract thousands of visitors each year for the attractive views, vibrant colours and beautiful sunsets.
The turquoise blue of Roebuck Bay and the richly biodiverse mangrove forests, offering brilliant colours, great fishing and a deeper connection to Broome’s natural beauty.
Minyirr Park which borders Cable Beach and which many Broome residents enjoy for a leisurely walk or to make their way through to Cable Beach. For the Yawuru people, it is a living cultural landscape which is highly valued for customary practice and management. The park is also an important natural asset which conserves the threatened monsoon vine thickets and dune systems along Walmanyjun Cable Beach.

Guniyan Binba Conservation Park

Jointly managed by DBCA, Shire of Broome, and Yawuru RNTBC

Guniyan Binba Conservation Park comprises of the intertidal zone north of Cable Beach and which extends all the way to Willie Creek and includes Coconut Wells lagoon.

The park protects and conserves the important intertidal environment that defines the Broome coastline. This area is visited by thousands of people each year, for a range of purposes including recreational fishing, swimming, and beach activities, boating activities and customary Aboriginal practices.

Guniya Binba Conversation Park Joint Management Plan

Yawuru Birragan Conservation Park

Jointly managed by DBCA and Yawuru RNTBC.

More information of this park can be found on DBCA’s website or Yawuru’s website.

Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay Marine Park