James Price Point is a headland in the Kimberley region of

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. It is north of Broome. James Price Point was the proposed location of the

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gas terminal. The controversial proposal by

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and its joint venture partners

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, BP,

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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, WWF,

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and local organisations — Broome Community No Gas Campaign and Save the Kimberley. The Australian Greens also pushed for the protection of James Price Point. Support to protect the Kimberley coast was also provided by

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, Missy Higgins,

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, Paul Kelly and

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. The location is believed to be named after James Price, Minister for Works in Western Australia, who died in May 1910. In 1909 a tour of north-west ports in was undertaken including Price, and the premier Sir

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. It is possible that the place was named during this tour. The name given by the Jabirr Jabirr and Goolarabooloo people is Walmadany. The Aboriginal people recognise fossilised footprints on the coast as being the footprints of Marella, the Emu Man, a creator being from the

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. A 2016 study of the footprints by the

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confirmed they are the largest collection of

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in the world and contain the world's largest single print. Indications of 21 separate

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species from the

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period have been identified. 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.- Victory for Australia’s nature: WA Supreme Court rules James Price Point approval ‘illegal’
19 August 2013

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* {{cite web, title=James Price Point , work=Gazeteer of Australia, publisher=Geoscience Australia, url=http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=SHOL&fctext=PT&submit1=WA100017461, accessdate=2012-07-17 Kimberley (Western Australia) Headlands of Western Australia