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Beaumont, Western Australia
Beaumont is a rural locality of the Shire of Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The locality is home to six nature reserves. Mount Beaumont, with a height of , is located in the north-west of Beaumont, just outside the Beaumont Nature Reserve. The Shire of Esperance and Beaumont, located in its east, stretch over the traditional land of a number of indigenous people, the Wudjari and Njunga people, both of the Noongar nation, in the south and west, the Kalaako people, who are also referred to as the Malba or Malpa, in the north-west, and the Ngadjumaya people in the east. No major roads traverse the locality but the mostly unsealed Parmango Road passes through Beaumont and connects Condingup with Balladonia Road and Balladonia. Nature reserves The following named and unnamed nature reserves are located within Beaumont. All are located within the Mallee bioregion, with Beaumont and Niblick Nature Reserves also stretching into the Esperance P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of O'Connor
The Division of O'Connor is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is one of Western Australia's three rural seats, and one of the largest electoral constituencies in the world. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was named after C. Y. O'Connor, Charles Yelverton O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia most famously known for designing the Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, Goldfields Pipeline. The division was proclaimed at the red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noongar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Australia, Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance, Western Australia, Esperance on the south coast. There are 14 different groups in the Noongar cultural bloc: Amangu, Ballardong, Yued, Kaneang, Koreng, Mineng, Njakinjaki, Njunga, Pibelmen, Pindjarup, Wadandi, Whadjuk, Wiilman and Wudjari. The Noongar people refer to their land as . The members of the collective Noongar cultural bloc descend from people who spoke several languages and dialects that were often Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible. What is now classified as the Noongar language is a member of the large Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama–Nyungan language family. Contemporary Noongar speak Australian Aboriginal English (a dialect of the English language) laced with Noong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperance Plains
Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeography, biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the South_coast_of_Western_Australia , south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee (biogeographic region), Mallee region. It is a plain punctuated by granite and quartz outcrops and ranges, with a semi-arid Mediterranean climate and vegetation consisting mostly of mallee-heath and Proteaceae, proteaceous scrub. About half of the region has been cleared for intensive agriculture. Recognised as a bioregion under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), it was first defined by John Stanley Beard in 1980. Geography and geology The Esperance Plains may be roughly approximated as the land within of the coast between Albany, Western Australia, Albany and Point Culver on the south coast of Western Australia. It has an area of about , making it about 9% of the Southwest Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallee Bioregion
Mallee, also known as Roe Botanical District, is a biogeography, biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. Located between the Esperance Plains, Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions, it has a low, gently undulating topography, a semi-arid mediterranean climate, and extensive ''Eucalyptus'' mallee (habit), mallee vegetation. It has an area of . About half of the region has been cleared for intensive agriculture. Recognised as a region under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), it was first defined by John Stanley Beard in 1980. Geography and geology The Mallee region has a complex shape with tortuous boundaries, but may be roughly approximated as the triangular area south of a line from Bruce Rock, Western Australia, Bruce Rock to Eyre, Western Australia, Eyre, but not within 40 kilometres (25 mi) of the south coast, except at its eastern limits. It has an area of about 79000 square kilometres (31000 mi2), making it about a qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Unnamed Nature Reserves Of Western Australia
Western Australia, as of 2022, has 1,233 nature reserves, of which 826 are named and 407 unnamed. At the time of the last two-yearly Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database report in 2022, of land in Western Australia was covered by nature reserves, which is 13.23 percent of all protected areas in the state and 3.99 percent of the state overall. Overall, just over 30 percent of Western Australia is covered by protected areas. Nature reserves list Notes * Unnamed WA14567 Nature Reserve is a strip of land along the Vasse Highway located in the locality of Yoongarillup. * Unnamed WA28710 Nature Reserve is a strip of land along the Midland Railway located south of Moora. * Unnamed WA43903 Nature Reserve is a spit located off the coast of the coast of Safety Bay which is part of the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion. * Unnamed WA48858 Nature Reserve is a rock located off the coast of the Wanagarren Nature Reserve in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion. Key for IBRA In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
