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FAR NORTHERN
SECTION
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QUEENSLAND
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Rockhampton
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D Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
N. Harvey
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Fig. 15.1. The Great Barrier Reef region, showing the boundaries of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (After Commonwealth of Australia 1993a)
ers an area of almost 348 700 km 2 (Fig. 15.1). The region comprises all of the waters east
of Queensland, from low water mark on the mainland to the edge of the continental
shelf, and includes a number of Commonweal!h owned islands but not the 900 or so
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