Middle Osborn Island Explained
Middle Osborn |
Map: | Western Australia |
Coordinates: | -14.3182°N 125.0139°W |
Total Islands: | 1 |
Area Ha: | 2361 |
Country: | Australia |
Population: | 0 |
Middle Osborn Island is an island off the coast of the Kimberley region in Western Australia.
Located on the western side of Admiralty Gulf and a part of the Bonaparte Archipelago, the island encompasses an area of 2361ha.[1] It is part of the Osborn Island group, which includes South West Osborn, Borda, Carlia, Steep Head and Kidney Island as well as West, North and Centre Rock.
The island is a volcanic plug.[2]
The traditional owners of the area are the Uunguu peoples of the Wunambal language group, whose name for the island is Ngurraali.[3]
The group was named in 1891 by Phillip Parker King after John Osborn, one of the Lords of the Admiralty.[1]
The air-breathing land snails, Kimberleymelon tealei and Carinotrachia admirale are both endemic to the island.[4]
In 2008 a boat carrying refugees that had travelled via Indonesia arrived at the island. The then immigration minister, Chris Bowen was attacked by the opposition over his "porous border protection policies".[5] Another boat arrived in 2010 with only two passengers and one crew on board.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Status Performance Assessment: Biodiversity conservation of Western Australian Islands. 1 April 2010. 10 August 2014. Government of Western Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314234512/https://www.conservation.wa.gov.au/media/8919/final%20version_14april2010.pdf. 14 March 2018. dead.
- Web site: North Kimberley 1 - (NK-1) Mitchell Bioregion . Gordon Graham . 1 August 2001 . 10 August 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080730164311/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/science/bio_audit/north_kimberley01_p497-505.pdf . 30 July 2008 .
- Web site: Biodiversity values on selected Kimberley Islands, Australia. T. Vigilante. 2013. 10 August 2014. Western Australian Museum. etal.
- Köhler F. (2010). "Three new species and two new genera of land snails from the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley, Western Australia (Pulmonata, Camaenidae)." Molluscan Research 30: 1-16. abstract, PDF.
- Web site: Illegal boat arrivals accelerate under Bowen watch. 2010. 10 August 2014. Liberal Party of Australia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205108/https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2010/11/09/illegal-boat-arrivals-accelerate-under-bowen-watch-0. 12 August 2014. dmy-all.
- Web site: Annual boat arrival in Western Australian water in 2010. 2011. 10 August 2014. Project SafeCome Inc.