Human skull found on a remote beach

NCA NewsWire

23 April 2024 at 5:42 am·1-min read

A human skull has been found near the remote community of Beagle Bay in WA’s northwest. Picture: Google Maps

A human skull has been found half buried in sand by a person walking near a remote community in Western Australia’s northwest.

The person who found the skull contacted police on Saturday after they made the discovery near Beagle Bay on the Dampier Penninsula.

The area is about 110km north of popular tourist town Broome.

Mary O'Reeri, holds, Blank Page on Suicide summit at \nBillard Learning centre north of Beagle bay on Dampier Peninsula , the Kimberley next week, a positive step and a huge success story for a small Kimberely aboriginal outpost. Pic Leon Mead. — A track near the remote community of Beagle Bay in The Kimberley. Picture: Leon Mead

Police went to Beagle Bay with a Nyul Nyul Ranger from The Kimberley Land Council to inspect the skull.

A police spokesperson said images of the skull were sent to a forensic anthropologist for an opinion in relation to the age of the skull.

Police are still investigating the discovery.

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