La-Grange-Bay

- 18.644423121.700935Koordinaten: 18 ° 39 ' S, 121 ° 42 ' E

The La -Grange - Bay is a bay in Australia, which is located about 200 km south of Broome and 400 kilometers north of Port Hedland in Western Australia.

The tidal range in the bay is approximately ten meters, and the ebb sets kilometers wide Schlickfeler and cliffs free. In the bay numerous shells, such as the clam live coral are also there like giant mangrove swamps. The mussels are collected and sent for recycling in crafts. In the water live countless fish, such as the highly toxic blue-ringed octopus, turtles, dugongs ( sea cows ), smaller dolphins and flying fish. The bay is frequented by many birds such as ducks and Brolga.

The bay is inhabited by several of the tribes of Aborigines as the Karajarri, Nyangumarta, Juwaliny, Mangala and Yulparija, which owns the land south from Roebuck Bay to Port Hedland and hundreds of square kilometers of the interior. As part of the Community Development Employment Program ( CDEP ) they operate the Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community Inc. In the Bay, the Aboriginal settlement Bidyadanga with over 100 houses and about 600 inhabitants in three districts located. Furthermore, located in the bay, the Catholic Aboriginal mission station La Grange mission.

In the La Grange Bay were in 1865 three European settlers, killed either by spears or clubs, of Aborigines. Many Aborigines were subsequently massacred by expedition members in disputes which are often referred to as La Grange Massacre.