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Djarindjin - Lombadina

Community profile

Djarindjin - Lombadina is a community on the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.

Business

Our main business streams are in the areas of Tourism, concrete and roadworks supplies.

LAC also has a wood fired bakery, a craft shop where we sell Aboriginal artefacts. We also have a contract with Rio Tinto for the purpose of transporting FIFO workers to and from the Broome airport as they make their ways to mine sites in the Pilbara Region, plus we gather and sell Gubinge (Kakadu Plum).

We also have cleaning contracts with the local clinic and Save The Children.

Our Corporation is 100% managed by local Aboriginal people.

Profile

Tourism: whale watching, Fishing Charters, Mud Crabbing, Hunting with Spears, Snorkeling in crystal clear waters.

Civil Construction: Concrete Supplies and Earth moving Contractors.

Transportation: Overland transport to and from the Broome Airport supported by Rio Tinto

Bakery: Wood Fired Bakery, selling the best baked bread in the Kimberley.

Civil Construction: Concrete Supplies and Earth moving Contractors.

Transportation: Overland transport to and from the Broome Airport supported by Rio Tinto

Bakery: Wood Fired Bakery, selling the best baked bread in the Kimberley.

For more information, read Lombadina.

Djarindjin - Lombadina is a community on the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.

Business

Our main business streams are in the areas of Tourism, concrete and roadworks supplies.

LAC also has a wood fired bakery, a craft shop where we sell Aboriginal artefacts. We also have a contract with Rio Tinto for the purpose of transporting FIFO workers to and from the Broome airport as they make their ways to mine sites in the Pilbara Region, plus we gather and sell Gubinge (Kakadu Plum).

We also have cleaning contracts with the local clinic and Save The Children.

Our Corporation is 100% managed by local Aboriginal people.

Profile

Tourism: whale watching, Fishing Charters, Mud Crabbing, Hunting with Spears, Snorkeling in crystal clear waters.

Civil Construction: Concrete Supplies and Earth moving Contractors.

Transportation: Overland transport to and from the Broome Airport supported by Rio Tinto

Bakery: Wood Fired Bakery, selling the best baked bread in the Kimberley.

Civil Construction: Concrete Supplies and Earth moving Contractors.

Transportation: Overland transport to and from the Broome Airport supported by Rio Tinto

Bakery: Wood Fired Bakery, selling the best baked bread in the Kimberley.

For more information, read Lombadina.

Traditional owners

Bardi

Languages

Bardi, Kriol

Population

253

81.4% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Djarindjin - Lombadina

A man in work wear and including safety headphones and a cap stands on an aircraft tarmac. In the background are other men and a large helicopter. Behind that is bush land.

ORIC Spotlight On: Sky’s no limit

28 February 2022

From 1 February 2022, Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation runs the only independent, Aboriginal-owned airport in Australia.

Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation taking to the skies

07 June 2018

Operating a world class helicopter refuelling service in remote Western Australia, the Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation have shown that the sky is the limit when it comes to creating innovative Indigenous businesses in remote Australia.