They had been spotted by a Border Force plane, before an AMSA helicopter was dispatched to rescue them yesterday.
But authorities have grim fears for another group of Indonesian fishermen caught up in the path of Cyclone Ilsa.
Their boat was sunk in the powerful storm, with ten on board.
The surviving boat’s crew managed to save one of the stranded fishermen before their boat ended up on Bedwell Island.
But the remaining nine fishermen are feared dead.
The survivors rescued from Bedwell Island were taken to Broome Hospital for treatment.
The Rowley Shoals are a series of coral reefs about 300km off the coast of Western Australia, west of Broome.
The area is known for its deep-sea fishing.
Bedwell Island itself is nothing but a long patch of sand.
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