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The area was given the name Shark Bay by the English explorer William Dampier, [4] on 7 August 1699. [5] Shark Bay was also visited by Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn in 1772, Nicolas Baudin from 1801 to 1803 and Louis de Freycinet in 1818. [6] Europeans, mostly pastoralists, settled in Shark Bay during the 1860s to 1870s. [6] Pearling developed ...
The Shark Bay Marine Park is a protected marine park located within the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shark Bay, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.The 748,725-hectare (1,850,140-acre) [2] marine park is situated over 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of Perth and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Geraldton.
This is a list of the islands in the Shark Bay area of the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia, (between 24°30′0″ and 26°30′0″ S, and 112°0′0″ and 114°30′0″ E). There are approximately 30 small islands in Shark Bay; all are within the World Heritage Reserve. [1] The largest is Dirk Hartog Island.
Francois Peron National Park is a national park on the Peron Peninsula in Western Australia, 726 kilometres (451 mi) north of Perth, and located within the boundary of the Shark Bay World Heritage area.
Gould's mouse (Pseudomys gouldii), also known as the Shark Bay mouse and djoongari in the Pintupi and Luritja languages, is a species of rodent in the murid family. Once ranging throughout Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales, its range has since been reduced to five islands off the coast of Western Australia.
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Shell Beach is a beach in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, located 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of Denham. Situated on the northeastern side of the Taillefer Isthmus along the L'Haridon Bight , the beach is covered with shells for a 60-kilometre (37 mi) stretch to a depth of 7–10 metres (23–33 ft).
The Shire of Shark Bay is a local government area of Western Australia in the Gascoyne region. It has an area of 25,423 square kilometres (9,816 sq mi) and a population of about 950. It has an area of 25,423 square kilometres (9,816 sq mi) and a population of about 950.