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Barrow Island (Western Australia)

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a national park or class A nature reserve is made, mining leases and general purpose leases cannot be granted over them without the consent of both Houses of Parliament, and actual mining cannot take place within them without specific permission of the Minister for Environment. This occurred in 2003, when a portion of the reserve was excised in order to facilitate the Gorgon gas development program.
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Due to its isolation from mainland Australia and protection afforded under its statutory status, Barrow Island is one of the most important conservation reserves in Western Australia. It is an "A-class" reserve, the highest level of conservation protection available for Crown land in Australia. Once
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approximately 4,000 or more years ago. It separated from the mainland approximately 6,800 years ago. Stone artefacts including several weathered flakes and fragments made of igneous and metamorphic rocks and chert were collected from Barrow Island in the 1960s.
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mounds. While the main feature of Barrow Island's geography is the undulating limestone uplands, the island is surrounded by a mixture of sandy beaches and rocky shores, low cliffs, dunes, salt flats, and reefs.
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The island is known for its diversity of mammalian fauna, including several species now extinct or greatly reduced on mainland Australia. Thirteen mammal species exist on the island, including the
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and other genera. These mostly inhabit an anchialine system, a 'lens' of fresh water above the saline ground water, which they share with cave fish species such as the blind cave eel (
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were known to operate in the area from about 1800 onwards. The first recorded visit by whalers was in 1842 with continued visits occurring until 1864. The island was used as a
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Threats: The production of oil since the 1960s has resulted in considerable pollution of the ground water ... effect this pollution has had, if any, is not known.
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Callan, Shae K; Jonathan D Majer; Karl Edwards; Dorian Moro (2011). "Documenting the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island, Western Australia".
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Limestone caves on Barrow Island support subterranean ecological communities. These include endemic and vulnerable species. Invertebrate species include
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to the region. Corporate and state government cooperation on programs has produced studies into the little-known subterranean fauna of the island.
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until he was arrested and removed from the colony in 1876. Slave labour was used in the nearby mainland pearling industry.
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wind gust ever recorded, at 408 km/h (254 mph). The gust occurred on 10 April 1996, during
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was discovered on the island in commercial quantities in 1964 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd (
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to develop natural gas reserves 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of the island. Known as the
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and the island's top predator. The island represents important turtle nesting habitat for the
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were utilized as well; however, there have been no archaeological finds from these islands.
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In December 2009, a development consortium comprising the Australian subsidiaries of
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that extends 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) offshore. WAPET established a 200-room
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was established shortly after. In 1995, there were 430 wells producing oil and
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sighted it in 1803, mistakenly believing it to be part of mainland Australia.
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also has evidence of Aboriginal visitation, and it is likely that the nearby
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to extinction. The island also supports over 1% of the world populations of
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have also been discovered within the cave systems; these include the
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Navigators had noted its existence since the early 17th century, and
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across most of the southern half of the island. The site has been
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Turning the Tide: the eradication of Invasive Species
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Morris, Keith (2002). Veitch; Norman; Clout (eds.).
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Index

Barrow Island, Western Australia

Australian
Montebello Islands
Barrow Island is located in Western Australia
Indian Ocean
Pilbara
Western Australia
20°48′S 115°23′E / 20.8°S 115.38°E / -20.8; 115.38 (Barrow Island)
State
Western Australia
2021
island
Pilbara
Western Australia
Dirk Hartog Island
Indigenous Australians
Thevenard Island
Montebello Islands
Nicholas Baudin
Phillip Parker King
Sir John Barrow
Admiralty
Royal Geographical Society
Whalers
slave
Aboriginal Australians
Captain William Cadell
Guano
seabirds

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