Our Group

Our vision:

“Community Driven Management Planning to Protect, Restore and Maintain Roebuck Bay”

Membership

Formed in 2004, the RBWG currently has 45 members:

• Australasian Wader Studies Group: Chris Hassell
• Australia’s North-West Tourism: Roger Colless
• Broome Community Seagrass Monitoring Project: Fiona Bishop
• Birds Australia Broome Bird Observatory: Nik Ward, Maurice O’Connor (proxy)
• Broome Fishing Club: Jeff Cooper
• Broome Port Authority: Vic Justice, Christian Lee (proxy)
• Broome Shire Council: Leah Pearson (BSC Staff), Elsta Foy (BSC Councillor), Peter Matsumoto (BSC Councillor proxy)
• Community Volunteers (9): Danielle Bain, Beau Bibby, Andy Chapman, Jason Fowler, Tegan Gannaway, Jan Lewis, Grant Pearson, Bianca Priest, Deborah Thiele
• Conservation Volunteers Australia: Kevin Smith, Kylie Weatherall
• Department of Agriculture and Food: Sandra Van Vreeswyk
• Department Environment and Conservation: Alan Byrne (proxy), Bel Catcheside (proxy), Fiona Galloway, Sharon Ferguson (proxy)
• Department of Fisheries WA: Rachel Green, Justine Holmes (proxy)
• Department of Planning: Pam Baskind
• Department of Transport: Peter Biber
• Environs Kimberley: Martin Pritchard
• Global Flyway Network: Chris Hassell
• Kimberley Land Council: Gary Kairn
• Kimberley Professional Fisherman’s Association: Bob Masters, Todd Morris (proxy)
• NRM Rangelands: John Silver
• Pearl Producers Association: James Brown
• Roebuck Plains Station/Indigenous Land Corporation: Sara & Doug Miller
• Thangoo Station: John Grey
• Water Corp: Brett Jago, Bruce Zencich (proxy)
• West Kimberley Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee: Jeff Cooper
• WWF-Australia: Tanya Vernes
• Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation: Cissy Djiagween, Neil McKenzie, Micklo Corpus