James Price Point

{{Short description|Point in Kimberley region of Western Australia}}

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James Price Point (JPP{{cite web |title=The Battle For James Price Point |url=https://newmatilda.com/2012/05/30/battle-james-price-point/ |website=New Matilda |access-date=25 May 2023 |date=30 May 2012}}) is a headland in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is {{convert|52|km}} north of Broome.

James Price Point was the proposed location of the Browse LNG gas terminal.{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/business/global/woodside-petroleum-cancels-onshore-lng-project-in-australia.html?_r=0

|title= Woodside Petroleum Cancels Onshore L.N.G. Project in Australia |work = New York Times |accessdate=27 June 2013}} The controversial proposal by Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Mitsubishi Corporation and PetroChina divided the Broome community. It was opposed by the Goolarabooloo people and part of the community, supported by conservation groups Environs Kimberley, The Wilderness Society, ACF{{clarify|reason=expand acronym|date=September 2021}}, WWF{{clarify|reason=expand acronym|date=September 2021}}, Sea Shepherd and local organisations — Broome Community No Gas Campaign and Save the Kimberley.{{Cite web |last=Paris |first=Nicola |date=2014 |title=James Price Point/Walmadan: A Huge Win |url=https://commonslibrary.org/james-price-point-walmadan-a-huge-win/ |website=Commons Social Change Library}} The Australian Greens also pushed for the protection of James Price Point. Support to protect the Kimberley coast was also provided by John Butler, Missy Higgins, Xavier Rudd, Jimmy Barnes, Rob Hirst, Paul Kelly and The Pigram Brothers.{{cite news |last1=Patrick |first1=Aaron |title=Judge to end bitter battle of James Price Point |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/judge-to-end-bitter-battle-of-james-price-point-20180427-h0zce3 |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Australian Financial Review |date=30 April 2018 |location=Sydney}}{{failed verification|date=May 2022}}

The location is believed to be named after James Price, Minister for Works in Western Australia, who died in May 1910.[http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/70694/who_was_James_Price.aspx who was James Price?] In 1909 a tour of north-west ports in {{SS|Koombana}} was undertaken including Price, and the premier Sir Newton Moore.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37589118 |title=Notes of the week |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=24 April 1909 |accessdate=19 July 2012 |page=33 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} It is possible that the place was named during this tour.

The name given by the Jabirr Jabirr and Goolarabooloo people is Walmadany.[http://www.robinchapple.com/walmadany-james-price-point Walmadany - James Price Point]

The Aboriginal people recognise fossilised footprints on the coast as being the footprints of Marella, the Emu Man, a creator being from the Dreamtime.{{cite web |title=The Song Cycle |url=http://www.goolarabooloo.org.au/song_cycle.html |website=Goolarabooloo |access-date=9 September 2021}}

A 2016 study of the footprints by the University of Queensland confirmed they are the largest collection of dinosaur footprints in the world and contain the world's largest single print.{{cite news |date=28 March 2017 |title=Dinosaur prints dicovered at James Price Point near Broome |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/dinosaur-prints-dicovered-at-james-price-point-near-broome-ng-c25d462a18958e0d83063070833572fc |work=Perth Now |publisher=West Australian Newspapers |access-date=4 August 2023}} Indications of 21 separate dinosaur species from the Cretaceous period have been identified.{{Cite news|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/photos-remote-australian-peninsula-reveals-richest-collection-of-dinosaur-tracks-ever-found|title=Photos: Remote Australian peninsula reveals richest collection of dinosaur tracks ever found|work=National Post|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en}}

On 19 August 2013, the Supreme Court of Western Australia overruled Western Australian Environment Minister and the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority's decision to recommend approval of the Browse LNG project at James Price Point after a legal challenge by Goolarabooloo custodian Richard Hunter and the Wilderness Society.[http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/victory-australia%E2%80%99s-nature-wa-supreme-court-rules-james-price-point-approval-%E2%80%98illegal%E2%80%99 - Victory for Australia’s nature: WA Supreme Court rules James Price Point approval ‘illegal’] 19 August 2013