Lacrosse Island is an island in the

Cambridge Gulf Cambridge Gulf is a gulf on the north coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Many rivers flow into the gulf, including the Ord River, Pentecost River, Durack River, King River and the Forrest River, making the environment an ...

in the Kimberley region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, located between

Cape Domett Cape Domett is at the eastern side of the mouth of the Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is opposite Cape Dussejour, which lies to the north west of Cape Domett, with Lacrosse Island Lacrosse Island is an islan ...

on the eastern shore and

Cape Dussejour Cape Dussejour is located at the western side of the entrance to the Cambridge Gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Cape to the south east, on the eastern side of the mouth, is Cape Domett, with Lacrosse Island located between ...

on the western. The island is in the local government area of the

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the begin ...

. It lies at the point where Cambridge Gulf and Joseph Bonaparte Gulf meet at the Medusa Banks, just north of the island. The south eastern end of the island is named "White Stone Point", with the north western end named "West Bluff". During the Kimberley gold rush of the 1880s, a boat utilised Lacrosse Island as the staging point for the "Bendigo Party" to proceed to the Kimberley goldfield. Due to tidal ranges in the approach to Cambridge Gulf, careful note of the Lacrosse tidal range is needed. In the 1920s visitors to the island sought out turtle eggs.

Fauna

Lacrosse Island is an important nesting area for the

flatback sea turtle The Australian flatback sea turtle (''Natator depressus'') is a species of sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is endemic to the sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters of the Australian continental shelf. This turtle gets its ...

Notes

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