Jones Island (South Australia)
Geography | |
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Location | Great Australian Bight |
Coordinates | 33°11′05″S 134°21′59″E / 33.18481°S 134.3663°E |
Area | 8 ha (20 acres)[1] |
Administration | |
Australia |
Jones Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located at the mouth of Baird Bay in the north end of Anxious Bay about 45 kilometres (28 miles) south-southeast of the town of Streaky Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. The island is notable as a breeding site for Australian sea lions and Australian pelicans. The island has enjoyed protected area status since 1967 and as of 1972, it has been part of the Baird Bay Islands Conservation Park.
Description
Jones Island is an island located at the northern end of Anxious Bay at the mouth of Baird Bay about 3.8 kilometres (2.4 miles) south of the town of
Formation, geology and oceanography
Jones Island was formed about 6000 years ago following the rise of sea levels at the start of the Holocene.[5] Jones Island consists of a calcarenite layer over a granite base. It is reported as being the remnant of a “calcarenite wall that once held back the ocean from the low-lying valley to the north”.[6] Jones Island is the permanently exposed part of a submerged reef system extending from the southern headland of Baird Bay across the south side of the mouth of the bay in a south-southwest direction for a distance of about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles).[7]
Flora and fauna
Flora
A survey carried out during 1983 on Jones Island found that its vegetation consisted of the following five groupings: coast daisy-bush, nitre-bush, Austral stork's bill, introduced pasture mainly on the north western side of the island and round-leaved pigface.[8][3]
Fauna
Vertebrate animals are represented by mammals, birds and reptiles. As of 1996, mammals are represented exclusively by the Australian sea lion which uses the island both as a
History
European discovery and use
Jones Island is one of the islands off the west coast of Eyre Peninsula where native vegetation was cleared for “grazing by early pastoralists”.[11] The island was named in 1908 after James W. Jones, secretary to the Commissioner of Public Works and (briefly) Premier of South Australia, Sir Richard Butler.[12][6]
Protected areas status
Jones Island first received protected area status along with
See also
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ a b Robinson et al, 1996, page 177
- ^ RAN, 1979
- ^ a b Robinson et al, 1996, page 477
- ^ a b Robinson et al, 1996, page 180
- ^ Robinson et al, 1996, Page 12
- ^ a b DEH, 2006, page 4
- ^ DMH, 1985, chart 39
- ^ a b c Robinson et al, 1996, page 178
- ^ DEH, 2006, pages 65, 68, 69, 70 and 71
- ^ DEH, 2006, page 69
- ^ DEH, 2006, page 19
- ^ "The Latest Place Naming". The Register. 17 September 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929-1966: FAUNA CONSERVATION RESERVES DEDICATED" (PDF). THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. Government of South Australia. 16 March 1967. pp. 961–962. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ Robinson et al, 1996, page 144
- ^ DEH, 2006, page 5
- ^ DEWNR, 2012, page 26
- ^ Eyles et al, 2001, pages 73 & 77
- ^ DOE, 2010
References
- South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (DMH) (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Hydrographic Service Hydrographic Department (1979). Streaky Bay to Whidbey Islands (chart no. Aus 342).
- Anon (2006). Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH), South Australia. ISBN 1-921238-18-6.
- "West Coast Bays Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2012. p. 26/26. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- A.C., Robinson; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). South Australia's offshore islands (PDF). Canberra: Australian Heritage Commission. ISBN 0-644350-11-3.
- Eyles, Kathy; Larmour, Geoff; Young, Sarah; Australia. Environment Australia; Natural Heritage Trust (Australia). National Wetlands Program (2001), A Directory of important wetlands in Australia (PDF) (3rd ed.), Environment Australia, ISBN 978-0-642-54721-7
- "Australian Wetlands Database - Directory Wetland Information Sheet: Baird Bay - SA004". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment (DOE). 10 May 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2015.