Low tide at the Derby warf on King Sound

Derby ( 17°18′11″S, 123°37′44″E; post code: 6728) is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Along with Broome and Kununurra, it is one of only three towns in the Kimberley to have a population over 2,000. Located on King Sound, Derby has the highest tides in Australia, with the peak differential between low and high tide reaching 11.8 metres.^[1] Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 427 KB) Summary Photo taken (9th Aug 2003) and supplied by Nachoman-au. ... 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Local Government Areas of Western Australia There are 144 Local Governments in Western Australia (including Christmas Island and Cocos Islands), represented by the Western Australian Local Government Association External link Statoids on Australia Shires Categories: Local Government Areas of Western Australia ... The Shire of Derby-West Kimberley is one of the four Local Government Area in the Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia, covering an area of , most of which is sparsely populated. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Kimberley is an Electoral district of Western Australia. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Kalgoorlie is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (819 × 614 pixel, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: PeterWH; wharf at Derby on King Sound, July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (819 × 614 pixel, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: PeterWH; wharf at Derby on King Sound, July 2006 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the Postmaster-Generals Department (PMG), the predecessor of Australia Post. ... The Kimberley is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, consisting of the local government areas of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek and Wyndham-East Kimberley. ... Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ... Broome () is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley in the far north of Western Australia. ... Kununurra ( ; post code: 6743) is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern side of the Kimberley Region close to the border with the Northern Territory. ... Low tide at the Derby warf on King Sound King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. ... It has been suggested that Theory of tides be merged into this article or section. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ...

During World War II, Derby was bombed by Japanese planes because of an air base and jetty that was steadily used by Australian forces. More recently, refugees were housed at Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin which is located to the north of Derby. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... RAAF Base Curtin is a Royal Australian Air Force base located near the town of Derby on the north coast of Western Australia. ...

The Boab festival is a week long festival that includes traditional events such as mud football, watermelon seed spitting, the Mardi Gras and other festivities. Binomial name Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Historically, Derby has played a major role in the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service for the Kimberley Region. Also, the boab tree featured above was actually used as a prison, hence the name the "Prison Boab".

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