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Coastal regions of Western Australia

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Sircombe, K.N; Freeman, M.J (1 October 1999), "Provenance of detrital zircons on the Western Australia coastline – implications for the geologic history of the Perth basin and denudation of the Yilgarn craton.(Statistical Data Included)",
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Title 3rd WA State Coastal Conference, Mandurah – Bunbury – Busselton, November 2005 : coastal solutions : balancing the waves of change : program and papers. Canning Bridge, W.A. : Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 2005.
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print form: Western Australian Planning Commission.(2003) Coastal planning and management manual : a community guide for protecting and conserving the West Australian Coast Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Planning Commission.
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Chape, Stuart; Hesp, P. A. (Patrick Alan); Western Australia. Coastal Management Co-ordinating Committee; Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Environment (1984),
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The coastal regions include a range of beaches, cliffs, and coastline features that are dependent upon the underlying geology; the geological provinces have direct relationship to the coastal forms:
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Bradshaw, Elizabeth (December 1995), "Dates from archaeological excavations on the Pilbara coastline and islands of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia",
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Various government map posters have been created over time, which have examples of coastal form, or types of coast such as the 1984 map with photos.
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Recreational fishing guides published by the Department of Fisheries (W.A.) in September 2008 map titled 'Western Australia's Fisheries Bioregions'
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There are groupings for wider regions that are based very close to the land regions; one made in the 1980s has 8 coastal regions, while the 2003
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Not to be confused with the tourist coast region which might have slightly different start and finish points from the fisheries designated coast
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The coastline has some features or organisms that are found on the entire length, while some others are specific to particular coastal regions.
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South Coast Region or the South East: Israelite Bay (Albany in the 2003 manual) to the Western Australia / South Australian border (Eucla)
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Government of Western Australia, 2002b: Focus on the Future: the Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy, Consultation Draft.
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Western Australian Planning Commission, 2002: Coastal Planning Program – Status of Coastal Planning in Western Australia 2001/02.
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The earliest full charting of the coastline occurred during exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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Kimberley Coast: Northern Territory / Western Australia border to Broome (2003 manual, figure 2-2 Pilbara Kimberley Region)
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Western Australian Planning Commission, 2001: Coastal Zone Management Policy for Western Australia, for public comment.
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Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003a: Statement of Planning Policy No. 2.6: StateCoastal Planning Policy.
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Government of Western Australia, 2002c: A Biodiversity Conservation Act for Western Australia, Consultation Paper.
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System for Western Australia: Report of the Marine Parks and Reserves Selection Working Group (the Wilson Report).
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The distribution of shallow-water marine prosobranch gastropod molluscs along the coastline of Western Australia
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Government of Western Australia, 1998: New Horizons: the Way Ahead in Marine Conservation and Management.
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Perth Coast:west of Rottnest and Perth Local Waters (same limits of Two Rocks and Dawesville)
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WA State Coastal Conference (3rd : 2005 : Mandurah, Bunbury and Busselton, W.A.)
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Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1994: A Representative Marine Reserves
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Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003b: Coastal Planning and Management Manual
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and Northern Territory border to 114° 50' E 21° 46' S, just west of the mouth of the
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has offshore regions delineated in a systematic appraisal of ecology and geography.
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Second Edition. University of Western Australia Press. Crawley, Western Australia.
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South West Capes: Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin (to Albany in the 2003 manual)
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reports include the following reference points for coastal weather reports:
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Gascoyne Coast: from 114° 50' E 21° 46' S, just west of the mouth of the
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in the world, and the meadows they form are among the largest on earth.
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Second Edition, Crawley, W.A. University of Western Australia Press.
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http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/Plans+and+policies/Publications/312.aspx
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or Gascoyne region – Onslow to Kalbarri (Shark Bay in the 2003 manual)
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Bulletin Number 49 of the Department of Conservation and Environment
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Leeuwin Coast: Busselton to west of Denmark (South west land region)
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Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA)
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The Western Australian coastline has the greatest diversity of
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Beaches of the Western Australian Coast: Eucla to Roeback Bay
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there are four main regions on the Western Australian coast.
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Part Three: Descriptions and Illustrations of the Seagrasses
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for locations of the coastal forecast boundary locations
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has the longest coastline of any state or territory in
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http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/wa-forecast-map.shtml
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Commonly used Bureau of Meteorology coastal landmarks
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Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
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Index

Coastline of Western Australia
Coastal regions of Western Australia is located in Western Australia
WA
NT
Wyndham
Kuri Bay
Wallal
Cape Preston
Carnarvon
North West Cape
Kalbarri
Jurien
Fremantle
Mandurah
Cape Leeuwin
Bremer Bay
Israelite Bay
Eucla
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Western Australia
Australia
coastline of Australia
IMCRA
Bureau of Meteorology
WA/NT border
Kuri Bay
Wallal
Kimberley
Cape Preston
Pilbara

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