Location

The Kimberley region is located in the northern part of the State extending from Broome in the west to Kununurra and Lake Argyle in the east, from the coast to south of the Great Northern Highway. It covers about 421,000 square kilometres -slightly larger than Japan and much larger than United Kingdom or New Zealand. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy Desert, and on the east by the Northern Territory.

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The Kimberley has only three towns with a population of more than 2,000 (Broome, Derby and Kununurra), and the total population is only around 25,000.

The region has a young population relative to Australia and Western Australia. The median age of the Kimberley population is 28 years compared to 34 years for the State.

Distances from Perth 

by road in kilometres	by air
BROOME 2357	2 hours 5 minutes
DERBY 2510	2 hours 40 minutes
EL QUESTRO 3218
FITZROY CROSSING 2558
GIBB RIVER 2744
HALLS CREEK 2846
KUNUNURRA 3206	4 hours 40 minutes
WOLFE CREEK RESERVE 2970
WYNDHAM 3216

 Kimberley driving distances (kilometres) via the Great Northern Highway

	Broome	Derby	Fitzroy Crossing	Halls Creek	Kununurra	Wyndham
Broome		220	396	686	1044	1055
Derby	220		258	548	906	909
Fitzroy Crossing	396	258		290	648	659
Halls Creek	686	548	290		358	369
Kununurra	1044	906	648	358		101
Wyndham	1055	909	659	369	101