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	Fitzroy Island National Park — Nature, culture and history - EPA/QPWS
		From the early 1800s, Fitzroy Island was visited by pearling and surveying vessels irregularly until, in the late 1800s, a beche de mer (sea cucumber) industry operated from the island.
		In 1876 a quarantine station was established on Fitzroy Island for Chinese "coolies" en route to the Palmer River goldfields.
		In the early 1900s Fitzroy Island became part of the Anglican Aboriginal Mission established at Yarrabah and was used to grow bananas, paw paw, potatoes and cassava.
	www.epa.qld.gov.au /parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/fitzroy_island_national_park/fitzroy_island_national_park__nature_culture_and_history (1135 words)

	Queensland Conservation
		The Fitzroy River tortoise (Rheodytes leukops) can only be found in the Fitzroy basin including the Fitzroy, Mackenzie, Dawson, Connors and Isaac Rivers.
		The carapaces and plastrons are connected by a bridge of tiny bones that extend upward from the plastron.
		The Fitzroy river turtle is listed as vulnerable by both Environment Australia and the Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland).
	www.qccqld.org.au /rivers_alive/Turtle.htm (327 words)

	Australia - MSN Encarta
		In Queensland the main rivers flowing north to the Gulf of Carpentaria are the Mitchell, Flinders, Gilbert, and Leichhardt.
		The most important are the Fitzroy (different from the Fitzroy in Queensland), Ashburton, Gascoyne, Murchison, and Swan rivers.
		The Ord River Scheme is an irrigation project in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568792/Australia.html (1597 words)

	Fitzroy River, Queensland - Slider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The river catchment stretches from the Carnarvon Ranges in the west to the rivermouth in Keppel Bay, near Rockhampton.
		The lower reaches of the river are home to salt water crocodiles, a recently captured example (2003) being in excess of 4 metres long.
		The Fitzroy River barrage at Rockhampton provides fresh water to city and surrounds, while the Fairbairn Dam, on the Nogoa River (a tributary), provides water for irrigating cotton and domestic use for the town of Emerald.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Fitzroy_River,_Queensland (243 words)

	Catalog Page for PIA03730
		The Fitzroy River shown in this image is in Queensland, Australia, and reaches the sea at the town of Rockhampton.
		Queensland's Fitzroy River was named in the mid 1850's in honor of Sir Charles Fitzroy, former Governor of New South Wales and Governor-General of the Australian Colonies.
		The Queensland (or Australian) Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) is a representative of an ancient group of fishes that have survived many millions of years and is unusual because of its possession of a single lung.
	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov /catalog/PIA03730 (582 words)

	About the Fitzroy Basin
		The Fitzroy estuary is defined by a barrage in the city of Rockhampton about 60km upstream from the mouth.
		The river mouth is just north of Curtis Island - a large island that stretches to Gladstone, at the southern end of Keppel Bay and near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
		River discharge is predominantly directed northward past the tourist centres of the Capricorn Coast.
	www.coastal.crc.org.au /fitzroy/about.html (409 words)

	CRC for Catchment Hydrology
		The Fitzroy River Catchment in Queensland is one of the CRC’s five focus catchments.
		The catchment of the Fitzroy River stretches from the Carnarvon Gorge National Park in the West to Rockhampton on the central Queensland coast.
		The Fitzroy River has periodically high levels of sediment (turbidity), pesticide and nutrient levels, toxic algal blooms and widespread occurrence of exotic weeds and threatened habitats, in particular flood plains and riparian areas.
	www.catchment.crc.org.au /focus_catchments/fitzroyriver.html (942 words)

	Fitzroy Falls - New South Wales - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		Fitzroy Falls, 142 km south-west of Sydney, are located at the north-eastern end of 162 000-ha Morton National Park.
		Returning to the Fitzroy Falls car park leave the area crossing the Yarrunga Creek and head south on the Nowra Rd. On your left is the Fitzroy Falls Dam.
		The facilities are basic but the peacefulness of the picnic spots beside the river make this a cool and quiet respite from the bustle of the city.
	www.smh.com.au /news/new-south-wales/fitzroy-falls/2005/02/17/1108500193546.html (1399 words)

	Research Activities - National Eutrophication Management Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, researchers working on the Fitzroy River Barrage in Queensland, believe they may be able to produce an immediate solution to control blue-green algae blooms which involves simple physical manipulation of water flows and mixing regimes.
		Dr Bormans is using the Fitzroy River Barrage site to test a theory that the water column has to be stratified for blue-green algae to grow to excessive levels in turbid systems.
		The Fitzroy was chosen because the tropical nature of the river means that from July to December the flow of water slows considerably, reducing mixing throughout the water column and allowing stratified layers to build up.
	www.rivers.gov.au /research/nemp/cem7.htm (594 words)

	QUEENSLAND - SHIPWRECKS
		Touched the bar as she was leaving the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost.
		Ashore deliberately in a storm north of the Barrum River, Queensland, 24 December 1873.
		She was built as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /qld-wrecks.html (16036 words)

	Flood Warning System for the Fitzroy River basin
		In consultation with the Rockhampton City Council, the Bureau issues predictions of flood heights for the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton whenever it is expected to exceed 5 metres on the city gauge.
		Historical flood heights for all river stations in the Fitzroy River Floodwarning network, as shown on the map, are available from the Bureau of Meteorology upon request.
		At each flood warning river height station, the severity of flooding is described as minor, moderate or major according to the effects caused in the local area or in nearby downstream areas.
	www.bom.gov.au /hydro/flood/qld/brochures/fitzroy/fitzroy.shtml (1180 words)

	Fitzroy River Water - Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fitzroy River Water (FRW) also operates three wastewater treatment plants and discharges the treated effluent to the Fitzroy River downstream of the barrage.
		Water for the Rockhampton region is sourced from the pondage area behind the Fitzroy River Barrage at a multi level intake structure located approximately 6km upstream of the Barrage.
		FRW as the last service provider on the Fitzroy River is very susceptible to issues such as salinity, land degradation, riparian habitat destruction and weed infestation, which are of concern throughout the entire catchment.
	www.frw.com.au /environment.php (1775 words)

	Fitzroy Island - Queensland - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
		Fitzroy Island is a large continental island (ie.
		It was also around this time (1876) that the island became a quarantine station for the Chinese who arrived in north Queensland eager to try their luck on the goldfields around the Palmer River.
		A range of eating is available from the Fitzroy Island Kiosk (sandwiches, burgers, ice creams) to the Flare Grill (meats and seafoods grilled) and the Rainforest Restaurant which is open for breakfast and dinner.
	www.smh.com.au /news/queensland/fitzroy-island/2005/02/17/1108500203322.html (658 words)

	Fitzroy Island Resort - Barrier Reef Island Resort - Island holiday accommodation, Travel Online
		Fitzroy Island is a Great Barrier Reef island resort and is one of the most unspoilt islands adjacent to the Reef.
		Fitzroy Island has changed little since being named by Lt James Cook during his voyage of discovery back in 1770.
		The island is 339 hectares in size, and covered in lush rainforest that descends dramatically into crystal clear water, where tropical fish present a rainbow of colour through the coral surrounding the island.
	www.queenslandislands.com /fitzroy_island/island_resort.html (478 words)

	Advance Australia, Chapter 17: Queensland and her Resources and Prospects
		Queensland dates her existence from the year 1859, when she was separated from New South Wales, and she is, therefore, the youngest of the Australian group of colonies.
		The extent and richness of the mineral districts of Queensland are almost fabulous; and although the accounts of experts and others of what they have seen may, at first, appear incredible, experience proves every day that they fall short of the reality, and that the extraordinary wealth of the colony in metals is comparatively unexplored.
		Queensland's greatest problem was a shortage of harbours and navigable rivers.
	finch.customer.netspace.net.au /chapter17.html (3391 words)

	Holiday in Fitzroy in Melbourne, Victoria - Cheap Flights, Accommodation, Vehicle Hire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brunswick Street in the inner city suburb of Fitzroy is a hot spot live music and bohemian culture.
		The back streets of Fitzroy are renowned for quality pubs with great food, including the Napier, the Standard, Marquis of Lorne, Labour in Vein, and the Union Club.
		Fitzroy becomes a hive of activity for the Melbourne Fringe Festival in September-October.
	www.webjet.com /australia/victoria/melbourne/fitzroy (123 words)

	FITZROY FALLS, SOUTH COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
		Fitzroy Falls, home to a spectacular waterfall, has been a tourist destination for over 150 years.
		Two hours from Sydney, the Fitzroy Falls village lies on the main road between the South Coast at Nowra and the Highlands to Kangaroo Valley.
		First discovered in the early 1800's by Charles Throsby, Fitzroy Falls, was named after the New South Wales Governor Fitzroy during his visit to the beautiful area in the 1850's.
	www.australianexplorer.com /fitzroy_falls.htm (465 words)

	Fitzroy River (Queensland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The river is formed by the joining of the Mackenzie and Dawson rivers.
		It is bounded to the north by the Burdekin River catchment area and to the south by the Burnett River catchment area.
		The Fitzroy was named by Charles and William Archer on May 4th, 1853 in honour of Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, as Queensland wasn't to become a separate colony until 1859.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fitzroy_River_(Queensland) (378 words)

	Centre for Environmental Management
		My focus has been on the Fitzroy River catchment in central Queensland, though other work has included investigations of the aquatic flora of the Burnett River system, wetlands for effluent treatment in Mackay and investigations of tropical monsoonal wetlands in Kakadu National Park (Northern Territory).
		Replacement of littoral native vegetation with the ponded pasture grass Hymenachne amplexicaulis: effects on plant, macroinvertebrate and fish biodiversity of backwaters in the Fitzroy River, Central Queensland, Australia.
		Fabbro, L. and Duivenvoorden, L. (1996) Profile of a bloom of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenaya and Subba Raju in the Fitzroy River in tropical Central Queensland.
	www.ahs.cqu.edu.au /cem/staff/leo.htm (817 words)

	The Wilderness Society - Queensland Government fails again on land clearing and salinity
		The new salinity mapping for central Queensland shows major areas at risk from salinity in the huge Fitzroy River catchment.
		What they are suggesting for the Fitzroy is the failed policies they offered a month ago for the Queensland Murray Darling catchments- mapping where the salt is- but not putting in place explicit controls to rapidly phase out clearing," said Ms.
		This degrades rivers, and kills pastures, crops and remaining trees.
	www.wilderness.org.au /campaigns/landclearing/queensland/20021113_mr (485 words)

	THE FITZROY RIVER CATCHMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE RIVERINE SYSTEM
		The Fitzroy catchment is one of the larger river systems of eastern Australia comprising almost 10% of the agriculturally productive land in Queensland.
		The major urban centre of Rockhampton is near the mouth of the Fitzroy River which discharges into the marine environment at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
		For the moderate flow in the lower Fitzroy in March 1994 (2.5 million megalitres), 3.4 million tonnes of soil were transported (5).
	www.regional.org.au /au/asa/1996/contributed/446noble.htm (1666 words)

	Hot Fishing Down Under
		The lack of humidity on the Fitzroy river in Queensland, Australia, and the dry heat blown in from the parched cattle country surrounding it in late October creates an effect much like wading in a blast furnace.
		The Fitzroy, between Rockhampton and the Pacific, is a wicked muddy river.
		Fitzroy’s dark water is churned by tidal shifts twice a day and is definitely not conducive to sight fishing.
	www.user.dccnet.com /royp/capt2.htm (1630 words)

	Rockhampton - Queensland - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		Queensland is unique amongst the Australian states in that it has a number of genuine coastal capitals.
		The building was designed by the Queensland Government architect, A B Brady, and is a powerful reminder of the importance that Rockhampton enjoyed as the major central coast port around that time.
		This is not done through the customary displays of corroborees and didgeridu playing but rather through conducted tours which explain the way the Aborigines used the plants of the area, show how they built their dwellings, tell the stories of the Darumbal peoples, and display some of the artefacts from the surrounding area.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Queensland/Rockhampton/2005/02/17/1108500203701.html (2978 words)

	MISR Image: Queensland, Australia
		These images of Queensland, Australia, from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) were captured by the instrument's nadir camera on November 19, 2001, and show a natural-color (left) and false-color (right) view of a 157 kilometer x 210 kilometer area.
		The Fitzroy River shown in this image reaches the sea at the town of Rockhampton.
		This fish was restricted to the Mary and Burnett Rivers, but has recently been successfully reintroduced to a number of other nearby rivers.
	eosweb.larc.nasa.gov /HPDOCS/misr/misr_html/queensland.html (528 words)

	Queensland Conservation
		The Draft Burdekin Basin Water Resource Plan (WRP), released by the Queensland Government in early August, provides for an additional 540 000 megalitres – an amount roughly equivalent to Sydney Harbour – to be wrested from the basins’ rivers for development such as large-scale irrigation and mining, and includes provisions for new major water infrastructure.
		There remain a number of rivers in the north west and coastal areas of Queensland that meet the definition of wild rivers under the Act, including the Gulf Rivers, Lake Eyre Basin Rivers, such as the Cooper Creek and Georgina-Diamantina, and the Paroo and Bulloo.
		QCC will be looking to the Queensland Government to nominate and declare the remaining 19 on the list from the 2004 election plus a number of outstanding wild rivers across the State.
	www.qccqld.org.au /rivers_alive/riversnewsletter.htm (2053 words)

	Emerald, Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town is the administrative centre for the Emerald Shire, which covers an area of approximately 10,000 square kilometres.
		Emerald lies on the Nogoa River, a tributary of the Fitzroy River.
		The town lies almost 300 kilometres from the coast, west of the city of Rockhampton on the junction of the Capricorn and Gregory highways.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emerald,_Queensland (284 words)

	Fitzroy River Water - Staff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fitzroy River Water employs approximately 140 staff members encompassing professional, technical, trade and administration fields, and holds the largest intellectual pool of technical and operational expertise in the delivery of potable, raw and treated water to domestic, commercial and industrial customers and wastewater collection and treatment in Central Queensland.
		Fitzroy River Water boasts a compliment of senior staff members who have extensive management experience in commercial industrial and public sector enterprises.
		As General Manager of Fitzroy River Water, Neil leads a team providing all aspects of water supply and sewerage services to Rockhampton and areas of surrounding shires.
	www.frw.com.au /staff.php (657 words)

	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Fitzroy Reef
		Fitzroy Reef is the largest reef in the Bunker Group and is a 3650 ha drying, closed ring reef with a large, deep (6-10m) lagoon that can be entered through two narrow, natural channels.
		It is estimated that the annual population of turtles at Fitzroy Reef is approximately 1,000 green turtles, 100 hawksbill and 100 loggerhead turtles.
		Their traditional estates range from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the north to the town of Childers in the south, including both inland and offshore areas.
	www.gbrmpa.gov.au /corp_site/management/site_management/fitzroy_sma (1209 words)

	Fitzroy Basin Waterwatch and Port Curtis Waterwatch
		The Fitzroy Basin Association is a community group that aims to assist people in learning about their local waterways so that they may take an informed and active role in waterway management decisions.
		The Port Curtis region is unique in that it is home to many heavy industries (including one of the busiest ports in Australia, the largest aluminium smelter in the southern hemisphere, a cement works, alumina refinery, 2 chemical plants and a coal fired power station).
		Another challenge for the region is the changing ecosystems of the Boyne River with the establishment and expansion of the Awoonga Dam.
	www.qld.waterwatch.org.au /regions/fitzroy.html (389 words)

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