Publication Date

1972

Series Number

Fisheries Report 1

Publisher

Department of Fisheries and Fauna Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

The Dampier Archipelago is a group of islands off the north west coast of Australia (20 20! - 20 45'S, 116 Cast . 117°E), first discovered by William Dampier in 1699 and subsequently named after him by the Baudin expedition of 1801. This name has since been applied by some authors to include all islands from Roebourne to North West Cape, including both Barrow Island and the Monte Bello Islands, but it is more correctly applied to those islands within a 30 mile radius of the town of Dampier.

Ir. recent times, three parties have visited the Archipelago and examined the flora and fauna. The first, from the Western Australian Museum and comprising Dr. B.R. 1 Wilson and Mr. D.G. Bathgate, visited the islands in 1961. The second, a joint party from the W.A. Museum and the W.A. Herbarium, comprising Drs. W.D.L. Ride and G.M. Storr, Mr. R.D. Royce and two assistants visited in 1962. The most recent survey, which forms the basis of this report, was arranged by the Department of Fisheries and Fauna. The two survey teams were based on the fisheries patrol vessel "Dampier" crewed by Mr. E.J. Little (skipper) and Mr. J.D. Harman, The first team comprised Messrs. R.I.T. Prince, T. Evans (Department of Fisheries and Fauna) and W.K. Youngson (W.A. Museum), It was relieved by the second team of Dr. A.A. Burbidge, Mr. R.F. Dear (Department of Fisheries and Fauna) and Mr. R. Johnstone (W.A. Museum). The survey was carried out from June 15th to June 30th, 1970. Surveys of the Muiron Islands (unpublished) and the Monte Bello Islands (Burbidge, 1971) were also carried out by these teams,

Number of Pages

39

Keywords

Fauna, Flora, Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Botany | Entomology | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Plant Sciences

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