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Queensland Public Boat Ramps
Queensland public boat ramps Ramp Location Ramp Location Atherton shire Brisbane city (cont.) Tinaroo (Church Street) Tinaroo Falls Dam Shorncliffe (Jetty Street) Cabbage Tree Creek Boat Harbour—north bank Balonne shire Shorncliffe (Sinbad Street) Cabbage Tree Creek Boat Harbour—north bank St George (Bowen Street) Jack Taylor Weir Shorncliffe (Yundah Street) Cabbage Tree Creek Boat Harbour—north bank Banana shire Wynnum (Glenora Street) Wynnum Creek—north bank Baralaba Weir Dawson River Broadsound shire Callide Dam Biloela—Calvale Road (lower ramp) Carmilla Beach (Carmilla Creek Road) Carmilla Creek—south bank, mouth of creek Callide Dam Biloela—Calvale Road (upper ramp) Clairview Beach (Colonial Drive) Clairview Beach Moura Dawson River—8 km west of Moura St Lawrence (Howards Road– Waverley Creek) Bund Creek—north bank Lake Victoria Callide Creek Bundaberg city Theodore Dawson River Bundaberg (Kirby’s Wall) Burnett River—south bank (5 km east of Bundaberg) Beaudesert shire Bundaberg (Queen Street) Burnett River—north bank (downstream) Logan River (Henderson Street– Henderson Reserve) Logan Reserve Bundaberg (Queen Street) Burnett River—north bank (upstream) Biggenden shire Burdekin shire Paradise Dam–Main Dam 500 m upstream from visitors centre Barramundi Creek (Morris Creek Road) via Hodel Road Boonah shire Cromarty Creek (Boat Ramp Road) via Giru (off the Haughton River) Groper Creek settlement Maroon Dam HG Slatter Park (Hinkson Esplanade) downstream from jetty Moogerah Dam AG Muller Park Groper Creek settlement Bowen shire (Hinkson -
Environmental Officer
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by GBRMPA eLibrary Sunfish Queensland Inc Freshwater Wetlands and Fish Importance of Freshwater Wetlands to Marine Fisheries Resources in the Great Barrier Reef Vern Veitch Bill Sawynok Report No: SQ200401 Freshwater Wetlands and Fish 1 Freshwater Wetlands and Fish Importance of Freshwater Wetlands to Marine Fisheries Resources in the Great Barrier Reef Vern Veitch1 and Bill Sawynok2 Sunfish Queensland Inc 1 Sunfish Queensland Inc 4 Stagpole Street West End Qld 4810 2 Infofish Services PO Box 9793 Frenchville Qld 4701 Published JANUARY 2005 Cover photographs: Two views of the same Gavial Creek lagoon at Rockhampton showing the extreme natural variability in wetlands depending on the weather. Information in this publication is provided as general advice only. For application to specific circumstances, professional advice should be sought. Sunfish Queensland Inc has taken all steps to ensure the information contained in this publication is accurate at the time of publication. Readers should ensure that they make the appropriate enquiries to determine whether new information is available on a particular subject matter. Report No: SQ200401 ISBN 1 876945 42 7 ¤ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Sunfish Queensland All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Freshwater Wetlands and Fish 2 Table of Contents 1. Acronyms Used in the Report .......................................................................8 2. Definition of Terms Used in the Report.........................................................9 3. -
Burnett Mary WQIP Ecologically Relevant Targets
Ecologically relevant targets for pollutant discharge from the drainage basins of the Burnett Mary Region, Great Barrier Reef TropWATER Report 14/32 Jon Brodie and Stephen Lewis 1 Ecologically relevant targets for pollutant discharge from the drainage basins of the Burnett Mary Region, Great Barrier Reef TropWATER Report 14/32 Prepared by Jon Brodie and Stephen Lewis Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) James Cook University Townsville Phone : (07) 4781 4262 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jcu.edu.au/tropwater/ 2 Information should be cited as: Brodie J., Lewis S. (2014) Ecologically relevant targets for pollutant discharge from the drainage basins of the Burnett Mary Region, Great Barrier Reef. TropWATER Report No. 14/32, Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, 41 pp. For further information contact: Catchment to Reef Research Group/Jon Brodie and Steven Lewis Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) James Cook University ATSIP Building Townsville, QLD 4811 [email protected] © James Cook University, 2014. Except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part of the work may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or any other means be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or transmitted without the prior written permission of TropWATER. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The copyright owner shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this information. -
1 the Naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland
8. ‘Many were killed from falling over the cliffs’:1 The naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland Jonathan Richards University of Queensland 1. Placenames Many placenames in Queensland and Australia date from the frontier period. Names may arise from quite mundane circumstances, such as ‘Dry Creek’, ‘Bullock Creek’, etc. Some are ubiquitous, referring to relatively benign events and ideas – for example, the many Muddy, Rocky, Sandy and Stoney creeks – while other placenames are more suggestive of much more sinister affairs. The latter category includes places with frightening names: the various Murdering Creeks and Skull Holes, named after events that some people would apparently rather forget, or even better still, deny ever happened. A third group of names commemorate pioneers, some of whom are connected with episodes of genocidal violence on the Australian frontier. This paper concerns one of the latter. Many people, especially Aboriginal Australians, are distressed by the continuing use of ‘killing’ placenames, terms and words which may remind them of the extensive violence that First Australians still experience today. Although European placenames replaced existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander landmarks throughout Australia, not all the new names commemorate violence. However, many non-Indigenous Australians remain unaware of the connections and connotations of those that do. While some may claim ignorance of history as an excuse, Indigenous people could hardly be expected to casually ignore the frontier violence that gave us so many gruesome reminders of our past. However, their experiences are often ignored and their consultation is rarely sought in the persistent use of offensive placenames. In Queensland, violence was perpetrated by two main groups: civilian `vigilante’ or `black-hunting’ parties, and an armed formation of Aboriginal men, the 1 The quote in the title is from a report held in the Queensland State Archives (QSA), Governor’s Despatches, 16 December 1861, GOV/23, number 74 of 1861. -
Fisheries Resources of Balaclava Island, Fitzroy River Central Queensland 2014
Fisheries Resources of Balaclava Island, Fitzroy River Central Queensland 2014 Prepared by: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Marine Resources Management, Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing The preparation of this report was funded by the Gladstone Ports Corporation's offsets program. © State of Queensland, 2014. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. For more information on this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the responsibility of those parties. Information contained in this document is from a number of sources and, as such, does not necessarily represent government or departmental policy. If you need to access this document in a language other than English, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask them to telephone Library Services on +61 7 3170 5470. This publication can be made available in an alternative format (e.g. -
Basin-Specific Ecologically Relevant Water Quality Targets for the Great Barrier Reef
Development of basin-specific ecologically relevant water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef Jon Brodie, Mark Baird, Jane Waterhouse, Mathieu Mongin, Jenny Skerratt, Cedric Robillot, Rachael Smith, Reinier Mann and Michael Warne TropWATER Report number 17/38 June 2017 Development of basin-specific ecologically relevant water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef Report prepared by Jon Brodie1, Mark Baird2, Jane Waterhouse1, Mathieu Mongin2, Jenny Skerratt2, Cedric Robillot3, Rachael Smith4, Reinier Mann4 and Michael Warne4,5 2017 1James Cook University, 2CSIRO, 3eReefs, 4Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, 5Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom EHP16055 – Update and add to the existing 2013 Scientific Consensus Statement to incorporate the most recent science and to support the 2017 update of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan Input and review of the development of the targets provided by John Bennett, Catherine Collier, Peter Doherty, Miles Furnas, Carol Honchin, Frederieke Kroon, Roger Shaw, Carl Mitchell and Nyssa Henry throughout the project. Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) James Cook University Townsville Phone: (07) 4781 4262 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jcu.edu.au/tropwater/ Citation: Brodie, J., Baird, M., Waterhouse, J., Mongin, M., Skerratt, J., Robillot, C., Smith, R., Mann, R., Warne, M., 2017. Development of basin-specific ecologically relevant water quality targets for the Great Barrier -
Surface Water Ambient Network (Water Quality) 2020-21
Surface Water Ambient Network (Water Quality) 2020-21 July 2020 This publication has been compiled by Natural Resources Divisional Support, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland, 2020 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. Note: Some content in this publication may have different licence terms as indicated. For more information on this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The Queensland Government shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this information. Summary This document lists the stream gauging stations which make up the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME) surface water quality monitoring network. Data collected under this network are published on DNRME’s Water Monitoring Information Data Portal. The water quality data collected includes both logged time-series and manual water samples taken for later laboratory analysis. Other data types are also collected at stream gauging stations, including rainfall and stream height. Further information is available on the Water Monitoring Information Data Portal under each station listing. -
Queensland Water Quality Guidelines 2009
Queensland Water Quality Guidelines 2009 Prepared by: Environmental Policy and Planning, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection © State of Queensland, 2013. Re-published in July 2013 to reflect machinery-of-government changes, (departmental names, web addresses, accessing datasets), and updated reference sources. No changes have been made to water quality guidelines. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. For more information on this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the responsibility of those parties. Information contained in this document is from a number of sources and, as such, does not necessarily represent government or departmental policy. If you need to access this document in a language other than English, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask them to telephone Library Services on +61 7 3170 5470. This publication can be made available in an alternative format (e.g. -
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site Ecological Character Description 2010 Disclaimer While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the contents of this ECD are correct, the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of the Environment does not guarantee and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to the currency, accuracy, completeness, reliability or suitability of the information in this ECD. Note: There may be differences in the type of information contained in this ECD publication, to those of other Ramsar wetlands. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. The ‘Ecological Character Description for the Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site: Final Report’ is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This report should be attributed as ‘BMT WBM. (2010). Ecological Character Description of the Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site. Prepared for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.’ The Commonwealth of Australia has made all reasonable efforts to identify content supplied by third parties using the following format ‘© Copyright, [name of third party] ’. Ecological Character Description for the Shoalwater and -
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Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Source Water Quality Modelling Rob Ellis, Dave Waters, Chris Carroll, Gill McCloskey, Louise Hateley, Bob Packett, Cam Dougall, Banti Fentie This presentation • Background to Reef Plan Development • Multiple lines of evidence approach • Catchment Modelling Approach • Reef Report Card 2 outputs & Scenarios • Summary The Great Barrier Reef 2,300 km along the Queensland coast 2,900 reefs plus seagrass meadows, mangroves and other habitats Biodiversity of international significance World heritage area A Billion dollar tourist industry Declining water quality prompted the development of the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (2003 then 2009) 50% decline in coral cover since 1985 30 De'ath et al (2012) 20 10 1985 2010 Risk: Coral cover is collapsing • Crown-of-Thorns starfish major cause of the decline • Outbreaks more prevalent where high nutrient runoff • Fertiliser increases linked to increased Starfish fertility • If no Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, cover would’ve increased by 24% • Outbreaks now every 12-15 yrs, not once every 100 years • No decline in undeveloped northern region Reef Water Quality Protection Plan Declining water quality prompted development of reef plan Joint initiative of the Qld/Australian Governments Focus on pollution from agriculture Plan defines a set of water quality targets Government are investing in improved Management practices to meet targets Reef Water Quality Targets By 2013, at the end of catchment there will be a minimum: • 50% Reduction in nitrogen & phosphorus • 50% Reduction in Pesticides, and By 2020, at the end of catchment there will be a minimum • 20% reduction in sediment loads Novel approach using 5 lines of evidence 5.Ecosystem 1. -
HYDROGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT Charts, 1769-1824 Reel M406
AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT HYDROGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT Charts, 1769-1824 Reel M406 Hydrographic Department Ministry of Defence Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN National Library of Australia State Library of New South Wales Copied: 1987 1 HISTORICAL NOTE The Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty was created by an Order-in-Council of 12 August 1795 which stated that it would be responsible for ‘the care of such charts, as are now in the office, or may hereafter be deposited’ and for ‘collecting and compiling all information requisite for improving Navigation, for the guidance of the commanders of His Majesty’s ships’. Alexander Dalrymple, who had been Hydrographer to the East India Company since 1799, was appointed the first Hydrographer. In 1797 the Hydrographer’s staff comprised an assistant, a draughtsman, three engravers and a printer. It remained a small office for much of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, under Captain Thomas Hurd, who succeeded Dalrymple as Hydrographer in 1808, a regular series of marine charts were produced and in 1814 the first surveying vessels were commissioned. The first Catalogue of Admiralty Charts appeared in 1825. In 1817 the Australian-born navigator Phillip Parker King was supplied with instruments by the Hydrographic Department which he used on his surveying voyages on the Mermaid and the Bathurst. Archives of the Hydrographic Department The Australian Joint Copying Project microfilmed a considerable quantity of the written records of the Hydrographic Department. They include letters, reports, sailing directions, remark books, extracts from logs, minute books and survey data books, mostly dating from 1779 to 1918. They can be found on reels M2318-37 and M2436-67.