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Vansittart Bay is a large bay on the remote north coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia, approximately 600 km (370 mi) north-east of Broome. It is located within the North Kimberley Marine Park. The bay opens to the Indian Ocean, and has an indented coastline with multiple islands including the Eclipse Archipelago at the mouth of the bay, and Mary Island, Jar Island and Low Island within the bay.[1] Troughton Island lies offshore from the western entrance to the bay. The Anjo Peninsula separates Vansittart Bay from Napier Broome Bay to the east.[2] Sir Graham Moore Island is offshore from the tip of the Anjo Peninsula, at the eastern end of the bay.
https://wunambalgaambera.org.au/wp-content/uploads/IPASaltwaterManagementPlandec2018-download-12.pdf
Cape Bougainville Aboriginal Reserve ???
Bougainville Peninsula (called this by some sources) between Vansittart Bay and Admiralty Gulf
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/20146095]
Makassan contact with Australia
Ngula Jar Island [3]
Jar Island rock paintings[4]
Carbon dating of an ancient wasps’ nest on top of a painting :
[https://www.proquest.com/docview/3145096626/376EF0BC7F784C52PQ/24?accountid=14954]
shards of pottery attributed to pre-European Macassan traders
[https://www.proquest.com/docview/2936363947/376EF0BC7F784C52PQ/36]
Department of Parks and Wildlife 2016, North Kimberley Marine Park Joint management plan 2016 Uunguu, Balanggarra, Miriuwung Gajerrong, and Wilinggin management areas, Number plan 89 Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth. [https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/media/1927/download]
Slug Island is an island in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located in Talbot Bay, adjacent to the Horizontal Falls.
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Category:Islands of Western Australia
Description of bark
I suggest a small expansion to the description of the bark, because it's appearance is distinctive and there are interesting features. Dawson & Lucas (2011) p62 describes the pattern in the bark of mature rimu as "a series of parallel raised ridges that resemble the contour lines on a map". A photo caption on that page highlights the bumps between the ridges, describing these as lenticels (pores found in the bark of gymnosperms that allow oxygen to enter the trunk). The "contour-like" ridges and lenticels are also described at this webpage: [1] A photo is available in Commons showing the raised ridges and lenticels: c:File:Rimu_bark.jpg
When the outer layers of bark flake off, a distinctive pattern of parallel raised ridges is visible on the new bark beneath. These lines of ridges have been described as resembling the contour lines on a topographic map. Areas of bark between the ridges have lenticels — small pointed projections with porous tissue that allow air to penetrate the bark, providing oxygen to the cells of the tree beneath the bark.[5]
- ^ "Vansittart Bay". Google Earth. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ Forbes, Stephen J.; Kenneally, Kevin F.; Aldrick, John M. (4 November 1988). "A botanical survey of Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bay, Northern Kimberley, Western Australia" (PDF). The Western Australian Naturalist. 17 (6/7): 129–156.
- ^ "Ngula (Jar Island)". Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Williams, Sue (7 August 2018). "Western Australia: Where to see one of the world's oldest art galleries". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Dawson et al. 2011, p. 62.