Lat 17° 58' 0S Long 122° 13' 60E 

History
Remote base with both an airfield and harbor used for flying boats. Begining March 2, 1942 over 8,000 refugees from Java and the Dutch East Indies flew to Broome, Drysdale and Wyndham to escape. It suffered two Japanese air raids. On March 2, 1942 a H6K4 Mavis from Toko Kokutai over flew the area, enroute to Kendari, and reported numberous aircraft at Broome.

Missions Against Broome
March 3 - 20, 1942

Broome Airfield
Built prior to the war, attacked twice by the Japanese.

Roebuck Bay
Harbor off Broome, used as a seaplane anchorage during the war. A number of aircraft were sunk during the Japanese air raid of March 3, 1942. Some of these wrecks are accessible about a mile offshore, where they are partially exposed during low spring and king tides.