Faure Island

Faure Island is located in Western Australia
Faure Island
Faure Island
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Location of Faure Island
Western barred bandicoots have been reintroduced to the island.

Faure Island is a 58 km2 island pastoral lease and nature reserve, east of the Francois Peron National Park on the Peron Peninsula, in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It lies in line with the Monkey Mia resort to the west, and the Wooramel River on the eastern shore of Shark Bay.[1] It is surrounded by the Shark Bay Marine Park and Shark Bay World Heritage Site and, as the Faure Island Sanctuary, is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).

  1. ^ A biological survey of Faure Island, Shark Bay World Heritage property, Western Australia / edited by Jacqueline D. Richards and Barry Wilson. Other authors: Australian Wildlife Consultancy. Western Australian Museum, South Australian Museum, Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2008. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, 0313-122X ; no. 75. ISBN 978-1-920843-36-6