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Acknowledgments This survey could not have been conducted without the co-operation, advice and assistance of pastoralists throughout the area. The authors also wish to thank Messrs J. O'Brien, L.J. Merritt, RJ. Cranfield and J. De Salis for their assistance with the field work; staff of the Western Australian Herbarium (particularly R.J. Cranfield) for identifying many difficult specimens of plants collected and M. 0'Antuono for assistance with data management and analysis; P. Commander, N.O. Marchant, K. Tinley, M. Wells and D.O. Wilcox commented critically on various sections of the manuscript. The Carnarvon Regional Office of the Department of Agriculture assisted the survey in many ways, for which we wish to record our thanks. Finally, the staff of the Department of Agriculture's Word Processing Centre typed up and re-worked the drafts of our manuscript with patience and precision. 309 Carmody, R.W. Shark Bay-ltsStory 1616-1969. A References thesis (Unpublished). Anon. (1915). 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    112° 114° 116° 118° 120° 122° 124° 126° 128° 10° 10° JOINT PETROLEUM MAJOR RESOURCE PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT AREA Western Australia — 2021 Principal resource projects operating with sales >$5 million in 2019–20 are in blue text NORTHERN TERRITORY WESTERN AUSTRALIA Resource projects currently under construction are in green text m 3000 Planned mining and petroleum projects with at least a pre-feasibility study (or equivalent) completed are in red text Principal resource projects recently placed on care and maintenance, or shut are in purple text Ashmore Reef West I East I 12° 114° 116° Middle I 2000 m 2000 TERRITORY OF ASHMORE 12° INSET A AND CARTIER ISLANDS T I M O R S E A SCALE 1:1 200 000 50 km Hermes Lambert Athena m 1000 Angel Searipple Persephone Cossack INDONESIA Perseus Wanaea AUSTRALIA North Rankin SHELF COMMONWEALTH 'ADJACENT AREAS' BOUNDARY Chandon Goodwyn Holothuria Reef Keast Trochus I Sculptor Tidepole Dockrell Pyxis Lady Nora Pemberton Prelude Troughton I Cape Londonderry SIR GRAHAM Cape Wheatstone Talbot Ichthys Parry HarbourTroughton Passage MOORE IS Lesueur I Jansz–Io Eclipse Is Pluto Cassini I Cape Rulhieres WEST Mary I Iago Torosa NAPIER 20° Browse I Oyster Rock Passage Vansittart Xena BROOME Blacktip Bay Scott Reef Fenelon I BAY 200 m 200 Yankawinga I Reindeer Kingsmill Is 14° Cone Mountain RIVER JOSEPH BONAPARTE 14° Brunello Brecknock Maret Is Prudhoe Is MONTAGUE ADMIRALTY GULF 20° Chrysaor/Dionysus Turbin I SOUND GULF Reveley I Calliance Warrender Hill RIVER Carson River Buckle Head Wandoo GEORGE BIGGE I Mt Connor Mt