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| | 175th Anniversary of Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | In 1881 the Western Australian Government decided that the Island would be a suitable location to reform young boys who had come into conflict with the law. |
 | | In the mid-1940s, the focus of threat moved to Northern Australia, so the fixed defences at the Rottnest Island Fortress were reduced. |
 | | Fish include the Western Australian jewfish, baldchin groper, harlequin fish, cobbler, flathead, leatherjacket, samson fish, tailor, butterfly fish, moon wrasse, blue devil and migratory fish such as marlin and tuna. |
| www.175anniversary.wa.gov.au /index.cfm?fuseaction=heritage_icons.may (1700 words) |
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