WA District Court – Broome Courthouse List Today

WA District Court – Broome Courthouse court list, law list and court schedule

The WA District Court Broome list is your essential resource for tracking all matters listed before the District Court of Western Australia – Broome Registry, located at Hamersley Street (38 Hamersley Street), Broome WA 6725, PO Box 28 — one of Australia's most historically significant and architecturally distinctive regional courthouses, situated in Western Australia's Kimberley region approximately 2,240 kilometres north of Perth, serving the Shire of Broome and the wider Kimberley community. The Broome Courthouse has a remarkable 135-year history — the site was first opened in 1889 as the Broome Cable Station serving the submarine telegraph cable from Broome to Perth and the Dutch East Indies before becoming a courthouse in 1921, and is now a heritage-listed building featuring distinctive Broome-style Kimberley architecture surrounded by well-kept gardens and mature tropical trees on Hamersley Street. Whether you need to check the WA District Court Broome list, confirm a hearing date, or review an upcoming matter on the court schedule, this page provides accurate and up-to-date scheduling information for District Court proceedings at the Broome Courthouse.

The Broome District Court daily law list covers serious indictable criminal matters including serious assaults, sexual assaults, serious fraud, burglary, and drug offences with maximum penalties up to 25 years' imprisonment — as well as civil claims up to $750,000 and unlimited jurisdiction in personal injury damages claims for the Kimberley region — with the Broome courthouse also serving as a District Court country registry for civil action commencement in the Kimberley and northwest WA region. The Broome District Court registry can be contacted by phone on (08) 9192 1137, by fax on (08) 9192 1878, or by email at [email protected] — standard registry hours are 9:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday (closed 1:00pm to 2:00pm), at Hamersley Street, Broome WA 6725. The Broome District Court schedule is accessible through the District Court of WA website at districtcourt.wa.gov.au, with the daily law list available via the Western Australian courts system at courts.wa.gov.au.

The Broome Courthouse has recently been identified as falling short of modern justice standards — a 2024 court trial was vacated after a jury panel saw an accused in handcuffs due to the ageing building's layout, and the WA Department of Justice has stated that the Broome Courthouse has been prioritised in its strategic asset planning process to identify opportunities to improve and modernise court facilities in the Kimberley. All parties with matters at the Broome District Court — including defendants, civil litigants, legal practitioners, and witnesses attending from across the Kimberley — should confirm their hearing date by contacting [email protected] or (08) 9192 1137 well before travelling to Hamersley Street, particularly during the wet season when travel can be disrupted across the Kimberley. Whether you are a defendant in a serious criminal matter, a civil litigant, a legal practitioner, or a member of the public reviewing the WA District Court Broome list, this page is your trusted guide to the daily law list, court schedule, and contact details for proceedings at the District Court of WA – Broome Courthouse.