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Lavinia State Reserve

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The state reserve encompasses a significant portion of the northeastern coast of the island, stretching from Lake Martha Lavinia and Penny's Lagoon in the north to the Sea Elephant River estuary in the south. It contains
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of the 510 ha Sea Elephant River Wildlife Sanctuary; it was incorporated with additional land to the north in 1971 with the proclamation of the Lavinia Sanctuary. In 1978, land consisting of the
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The state reserve occupies much of the north-eastern coast from north of Lavinia Point southwards to Cowper Point and the estuary of the Sea Elephant River.
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The state reserve provides saltmarsh feeding habitat for orange-bellied parrots on their migration route between south-west Tasmania and southern Victoria
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offshore in 1871 near what is the site of the state reserve while carrying a cargo of potatoes from Tasmania to
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The state reserve provides habitat for many birds and other animals, including the critically endangered
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and some associated "reserved land in the class of nature reserve under section 21(1) of the
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surrounding the estuary is home to the only known Tasmanian population of the
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Reservation of land in what is now the state reserve began in 1959 with the
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Tasmanian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
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Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998
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have colonies in the dunes behind Lavinia Beach while
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In the past frequent 368:wet heath. : The vulnerable 352:The state reserve contains three 320:The name derives from the 52-ton 1155:1971 establishments in Australia 388:abuts the Sea Elephant estuary. 78: 71: 847:Banrock Station Wetland Complex 299:Register of the National Estate 295:Sea Elephant Wildlife Sanctuary 1031:Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes 723:Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps 297:was listed in the now-defunct 244:, lying at the western end of 1: 1109:Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs 1104:The Dales (Christmas Island) 687:Australian Capital Territory 587:Australian Heritage Database 900:Interlaken Lakeside Reserve 449:Protected areas of Tasmania 176:Protected areas of Tasmania 1186: 1145:State reserves of Tasmania 1046:Lakes Argyle and Kununurra 963:Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands 1170:Ramsar sites in Australia 935:Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon 743:Little Llangothlin Lagoon 679:Ramsar sites in Australia 537:Sites Information Service 428:nest on the beaches. The 223: 66: 54: 40: 479:"Reserve Summary Report" 410:Short-tailed shearwaters 733:Hunter Estuary Wetlands 437:golden-headed cisticola 1150:King Island (Tasmania) 998:Western District Lakes 925:Lower Ringarooma River 915:Little Waterhouse Lake 852:Bool and Hacks Lagoons 718:Central Murray Forests 374:fuel-reduction burning 370:scrambling ground fern 313:" was declared as the 307:Lavinia Nature Reserve 291:Lavinia Nature Reserve 269: 234:Lavinia Nature Reserve 140:7 April 1971 1076:Vasse-Wonnerup System 1021:Becher Point Wetlands 618:Tasmanian Legislation 592:Australian Government 398:orange-bellied parrot 315:Lavinia State Reserve 267: 248:and belonging to the 230:Lavinia State Reserve 86:Lavinia State Reserve 25:Lavinia State Reserve 1086:External territories 1061:Peel-Yalgorup System 1056:Ord River Floodplain 978:Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes 791:Kakadu National Park 161:Managing authorities 121:39.5949°S 144.0045°E 426:pied oystercatchers 117: /  1099:Coral Sea Reserves 1051:Muir-Byenup System 1041:Lake Warden System 819:Great Sandy Strait 778:Northern Territory 270: 236:, is a 68 km 216:Reference no. 126:-39.5949; 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Index

King Island
Tasmania
IUCN category
national park

Lavinia State Reserve is located in Tasmania
Coordinates
39°35′42″S 144°00′16″E / 39.5949°S 144.0045°E / -39.5949; 144.0045
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
Protected areas of Tasmania
Ramsar Wetland
protected area
King Island
Bass Strait
Australian
Tasmania

swamps
gazettal
Register of the National Estate
Ramsar Convention
schooner
wrecked
reef
Adelaide
heathland
swamp paperbark
coastal tea tree
scented paperbark
scrambling ground fern

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