Kuri Bay
Bay in Western Australia
title: "Kuri Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kimberley-coastline-of-western-australia", "bays-of-western-australia"] description: "Bay in Western Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuri_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Bay in Western Australia ::
| coord = | zoom = 14 | label = Kuri Bay | label-color = soft blue | label-pos = top | label-offset-x = 6 | mark-coord = | mark-size = 0 | minimap = file bottom left | mini-file = Australia location map.svg | mini-width = 121 | mini-height = 108 | minipog-gx = 31 | minipog-gy = 16 Kuri Bay is a remote coastal bay in the far north of Western Australia in the Kimberley region, about 370 km north of Broome. It is a designated point on the Western Australian Forecast Areas, utilised by the Bureau of Meteorology as a boundary for the North Kimberley Coast area from the West Kimberley Coast.
The closest main town is Derby, 223 km southwest of the bay. The bay opens directly into the Indian Ocean, and Augustus Island is located just off-shore from the bay. The bay is part of the Prince Regent National Park and the Kunmunya Aboriginal Reserve.{{cite web|url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=36192&zix=r&cmd=sp&s=kuri%20bay&pg=1&m=0&nudge=1&c=2&x=128%2E789046204898&y=%2D14%2E6860088542922&w=320000|title=Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Kuri Bay WA |year=2008|accessdate=2008-10-17}}
History
It is the home to Australia's first cultured pearl farm and is named after the company's first principal, Tokuichi Kuribayashi (1896–1982). The Japanese-American-Australian company commenced operations in 1956 following the Western Australian Government repealing the Pearling Act that prohibited the production, sale and possession of cultured pearls. A monument to the founders of the Kuri Bay pearling industry stood in Broome and featured Tokuichi Kuribayashi, Keith Dureau and Hiroshi Iwaki. Kuribayashi was originally from Nippon Pearl Company, Tokyo, while Iwaki and Dureau were from Pearl Proprietary Ltd, which had been set up through finance from Otto Gerdau Company, Male and Co, and Brown and Dureau Ltd.
By 1973 the Kuri Bay operation was producing 60% of the world's large white South Sea pearls. Paspaley, the biggest supplier of South Sea pearls in the world, has one of their largest and most well-known pearl farms located at Kuri Bay.
Climate
Kuri Bay experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).
|location = Kuri Bay |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 32.8 |Feb high C = 32.5 |Mar high C = 33.2 |Apr high C = 34.3 |May high C = 33.0 |Jun high C = 31.3 |Jul high C = 31.1 |Aug high C = 31.9 |Sep high C = 33.1 |Oct high C = 33.8 |Nov high C = 34.3 |Dec high C = 34.0 |year high C = 32.9 |Jan low C = 25.5 |Feb low C = 25.1 |Mar low C = 24.9 |Apr low C = 24.3 |May low C = 21.9 |Jun low C = 19.6 |Jul low C = 18.5 |Aug low C = 19.7 |Sep low C = 22.2 |Oct low C = 24.5 |Nov low C = 26.1 |Dec low C = 26.2 |year low C = 23.2 |Jan precipitation mm = 407.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 356.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 306.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 64.8 |May precipitation mm = 47.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 8.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 4.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 1.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 1.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 6.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 25.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 158.9 |year precipitation mm = 1389.7 |Jan rain days = 15.2 |Feb rain days = 15.3 |Mar rain days = 13.4 |Apr rain days = 4.4 |May rain days = 2.0 |Jun rain days = .7 |Jul rain days = .3 |Aug rain days = .2 |Sep rain days = .2 |Oct rain days = .8 |Nov rain days = 2.5 |Dec rain days = 8.8 |year rain days = 63.8 |source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology{{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_001009.shtml | title = Climate statistics for Kuri Bay | accessdate = 19 August 2009 | publisher = Australian Bureau of Meteorology }} |date=August 2010
References
References
- http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/map.shtml WA Forecast Map
- "Cultured Pearl Memorial – Monuments Australia".
- (2016). "Cygnet Bay Timeline, Australia's first pearl farm".
- (2005). "The Australian Pearling Industry and its Pearl".
- (19 May 2011). "Welcome to Kuri Bay Paspaley Pearl Farm".
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