Kununurra
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town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Key facts
- Country
- Australia
- State
- Western Australia
- Lga
- Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
- Location
- 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from Perth 834 km (518 mi) from Darwin
- State electorate
- Kimberley
- Federal division
- Durack
- Total
- 2,172.5 km (838.8 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 47 m (154 ft)
- Totals
- 4,515 ( urban centre and locality</span>"}]]}'>UCL 2021 ) , 5,494 (Locality)
- Mean max temp
- 46.0 °C (114.8 °F)
- Mean min temp
- 21.6 °C (70.9 °F)
- Annual rainfall
- 790.7 mm (31.13 in)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kununurra is a town in the far north of Western Australia located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was initiated to service the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. It is located on the traditional lands of the Miriwoong, an Aboriginal Australian people.
Kununurra is the largest town in Western Australia north of Broome, with the closest town being Wyndham, 100 kilometres (62 mi) away. Kununurra is 3,040 kilometres (1,889 mi) from Perth via the Great Northern Highway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kununurra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.