Lagrange Bay

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Lagrange Bay

| state = wa

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| coordinates = {{coord|18.68442|S|121.77748|E|display=inline,title}}

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| pop = 617

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=UCL521004 |name=Bidyadana (La Grange) (L) |accessdate=20 March 2018 |quick=on}}

| postcode = 6725

| elevation =

| dist1 = 190

| dir1 = S

| location1 = Broome, Western Australia

| lga = Shire of Broome

| stategov = Kimberley

| fedgov = Durack

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Lagrange Bay is located {{convert|200|km|mi}} south of Broome, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. It is the site of the Catholic Pallottine La Grange Mission,{{Citation |title=La Grange Mission celebrates its 50th anniversary. |work=Kimberley community profile |date=August 2005 |pages=12–13 }} and the Aboriginal community of Bidyadanga.{{cite web|url=http://www.bidyadanga.crc.net.au/|title=Welcome to the Bidyadanga CRC|publisher=WA Community Resource Network|accessdate=28 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220145530/http://www.bidyadanga.crc.net.au/|archive-date=20 February 2011|url-status=dead}} It was the location of the La Grange massacre and expedition in 1865.

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Further reading

  • Zucker, Margaret.(2005) From patrons to partners and the separated children of the Kimberley : a history of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley, WA Fremantle, W.A. : University of Notre Dame Australia Press. {{ISBN|0-9579988-3-X}}

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Category:Kimberley (Western Australia)

Category:Bays of Western Australia

Category:Australian Aboriginal missions

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