Broome prides itself on being a multicultural melting pot, but recent census data shows a drop in people bringing international cultures to the regional WA town.
The town boasting the largest Japanese cemetery in Australia, street names like Yamashita, Johnny Chi and Stracke, and many locals who have mixed Chinese, Aboriginal, Japanese, Malaysian and other heritage.Of the 14,000 residents in Broome, 30 per cent have one or more parents born overseas.It is a far cry from the overall Australian statistic of half of residents having immediate family ties overseas.
"I always say my generation were very privileged to see Broome becoming what it used to be from the turn of last century and that lasted till right up to the 1970s," she said. But Ms Hamaguchi said believed the festival had forgotten some of its cultural roots in favour of tourism exposure. Doug Fong was born in Broome Chinatown in 1938. He says although the town is not what it used to be, multiculturalism continues.
"Broome is definitely still multicultural, but in my mind there's a different emphasis because we got lots of people from the different states come in, who just don't understand our multicultural attitude in Broome."
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