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	Rottnest Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rottnest Island was inhabited by Aborigines since approximately 30,000 years ago, until rising sea levels separated the island from the mainland of Western Australia approximately 7,000 years ago.
		Another aspect of World War II was the placement of large guns in the middle of Rottnest Island for defence of the Fremantle port, and the construction of a railway between the jetty at Thompson Barracks at the eastern end of the island and the guns for the transport of materials for the guns.
		Rottnest is one of the few areas in the world where the quokka can be found.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rottnest_Island (1641 words)

	Rottnest Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On Rottnest Island there are small animals called Quokkas, (a sort of small wallaby.) Rottenest island is one of Australia's inhabited islands It's 11km's long and 4.5km's wide at it's widest point.
		Rottnest is used for farming, fishing and salt gathering.
		Over the years the Rottnest island Authority has fostered the development of the island with many regulations that are designed to allow the present and future generations of Western Australians and other visitors the opportunity to enjoy the unique island of Rottnest.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2002/RottnestIsland.htm (522 words)

	Rottnest Island Perth Tourism
		Rottnest Island Pines and Rottnest Island Tea Trees are native to this area and dominate much of the landscape.
		Rottnest’s coastline is very attractive; there are numerous secluded bays with gin-clear water and soft, white beaches to rival any island in the world.
		Rottnest is an angler’s paradise; hundreds of boats frequent the lively waters for a variety of reef, sea grass and migratory species.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/rottnest_island.html (804 words)

	Quokka - Setonix brachyurus: More Information - ARKive
		The largest populations however are on Rottnest island, which gained its name when the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh described the island as overrun with rats the size of cats’ (Rottnest is derived from the Dutch for rats nest’) referring to the Quokkas which thrived there (4).
		Rottnest Island is encouraging visitors not to feed the animals and is developing conservation measures to protect this species, as development on the island appears unavoidable (2).
		Islands such as Rottnest Island are being recognised as extremely important for the protection of vulnerable species, and the World Conservation Union is calling for improved wildlife conservation in order to provide safe havens for threatened species (6).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Setonix_brachyurus/more_info.html (1042 words)

	The Bathurst Lighthouse on Rottnest Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The tower is on the north east cape of Rottnest Island.
		It is the subsidiary light to the Main Rottnest Island Lighthouse in the centre of the island.
		The keepers cottage was sold to the Rottnest Island Board and is at present occupied by Board employees.
	www.lighthouse.net.au /lights/WA/Bathurst/Bathurst.htm (280 words)

	Walkabout - Rottnest Island
		The Dutch ships which sailed the Roaring Forties and nearly bumped into the Western Australian coast were aware of Rottnest Island as early as 1627 and by 1658 Dutch sailors from the Waeckende Boeij had landed on the island.
		The island acquired its name from the explorer Willem de Vlamingh who mistook the quokkas (small wallabies which inhabit the island) for rats and named the island 'Rat's Nest Island; or, in Dutch, Rottenest Island.
		The absence of cars (everyone on the island rides a pushbike or walks), the historic buildings, and the charm of the huge Moreton Bay figs and the quiet waters around the island, have been a magnet for Perth people since the 1850s.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/WARottnestIsland.shtml (776 words)

	lec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rottnest Island is uniquely situated for the evolution of intricate relationships between fauna and the habitats on the island.
		The animals on Rottnest Island have been separated from the mainland for many years resulting in their adaptation to the dry and highly saline conditions they are exposed to.
		The inland waters on Rottnest island have contributed to the evolution of a distinct aquatic fauna.
	www2.cwr.uwa.edu.au /~eed415/SemOne/lectrev/wk7/edwardanna.html (2896 words)

	Submission Rottnest Island Management Plan, Recfishwest.
		Rottnest Island is the single most important recreational destination for many thousands of Western Australians and recreational fishing is very high on the list of activities undertaken there.
		We urge that the Rottnest Island Authority seriously re-considers its approach and recognises the longer term outcomes and benefits that can be achieved by adopting the process we have recommended.
		Rock lobsters which recreational fishers do not catch at Rottnest would be caught by commercial fishers as they moved out to deeper water (usually at least 85% of each cohort of rock lobsters is caught in the year in which it reaches legal size).
	www.recfishwest.org.au /SubRottnest.htm (3350 words)

	Coastal Tourism - A Manual for Sustainable Development: Rottnest Island
		Rottnest is a small island located close to Perth which is visited by approximately 400 000 people a year.
		The island has a waste management strategy, incorporating recycling, composting and waste minimisation, which is expected to extend the use of the landfill site by approximately 20 years.
		The island is currently trialling composting with commercial leasees on the island, which will be extended to all island visitors and residents once evaluated.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/publications/coastal-tourism/rottnest.html (419 words)

	Fremantle - rotto
		Rottnest Island has some of the finest beaches and bays in the world together with a unique style of architecture dating back to the 1800's.
		The island is an A class reserve which is 11km long and 4.5km wide at is widest point.
		Rottnest is well known for the quokkas, small animals, who wander about.
	www.freofocus.com /things2c/html/rotto.cfm (255 words)

	ROTTNEST ISLAND, ROTTNEST, ROTTO, ROTTNEST WA, ROTNEST ISLAND, GETTING TO ROTTNESS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rottnest Island was discovered in 1696 by Willem de Vlamingh, a Dutch explorer, who named the island Rats' Nest due to the many large rats that he found on the island.
		Visitors to the island don't need to worry about these 'rats' as they are one of the islands friendly attractions, otherwise known as Quokkas which are a small wallaby.
		Although Rottnest Island started out as a prison and also hosted a large military stronghold during World War II, it soon became a perfect escape from the busy city life in Perth and is a wonderful place to visit.
	www.australianexplorer.com /rottnest_island.htm (484 words)

	Rottnest Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
		Rottnest Island is located 18 km off the southern west coast of Western Australia.
		Rottnest Island is a popular holiday destination for WA residents; it has both overnight and day only visitors.
		The CASS plant on Rottnest Island was designed to treat a maximum of 176,000 kL of domestic wastewater per year (average of 482 kL/d), 27,700 kL in any one month (923 kL/d) and 3,800 kL in any 3 day consecutive period (1,270 kL/d).
	www.deh.gov.au /settlements/industry/corporate/eecp/publications/wastewater/rottnest.html (1831 words)

	ROTTNEST ISLAND HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rottnest was a severe, forbidding prison: the work was drudging and hard, cells were cramped and over-crowded, and the winters harsh on the poorly dressed and blanketed prisoners.
		She was wrecked on Duck Rock on the night of 15 May 1842, rounding Rottnest on a voyage from Port Leschenault (Bunbury) to Fremantle.
		The vessel was seen by the lookout on Rottnest and a pilot boat was sent out, but she sailed straight past and on to Transit Reef, where she stuck.
	www.rottnestdiving.com.au /rottohistory.htm (2094 words)

	Rottnest Island by Lee Paxman
		Rottnest Island is 11 nautical miles off the Western Australian coast and is a well know destination for holiday., With all the excellent bays and reefs, Rottnest Island is an ideal spot for surfing, fishing, snorkeling, spearfishing and scuba diving.
		The main settlement on Rottnest Island is in Thomson bay, because it is the most protected bay on the island.
		Along this stretch of Rottnest Island there are many large bays and lots of good sand holes fringed by reef, perfect ground to see schools of Tarwine and some nice King George Whiting.
	www.salty-diver.com /western-oz/rottnest-island.html (1142 words)

	Rottnest Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The island, colloquially abbreviated to “Rotto”, is 11km long and less than half as wide, with one settlement, the main resort, stretching along the sheltered Thompson Bay on the east side.
		Formerly the Old Bam and Grain Crushing Mill, the museum traces the cultural and natural history of Rottnest from the early Dutch explorers to the present, Many fascinating relics of the convict days and shipwrecks around the island are on display.
		Rottnest Airport is a fifteen-minute walk from the settlement.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/west_australia/rottnest_isl.asp (808 words)

	Mark Moxon, Travel Writer: Australia: Rottnest Island
		As the island is only 11km long (that's just under seven miles) it's an easy bike ride to explore the whole thing, but I decided to walk it, and it turned out to be a good idea.
		Rottnest is pretty well untouched once you're out of the tourist settlement on the east end of the island: well, that's how it looks when you're used to the city.
		The north and west coasts (insofar as an east-west lozenge shaped island can be said to have a west coast) are very rugged, and the east area has sandy beaches, but the fun part of the island – and the reason it is well known – is the quokka population.
	www.moxon.net /australia/rottnest_island.html (381 words)

	Rottnest Island - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Rottnest Island, island in the Indian Ocean off the south-western coast of Western Australia.
		Island, any comparatively small body of land completely surrounded by water.
		An island differs from a continent both in geological structure and in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Rottnest_Island.html (117 words)

	Fremantle (Western Australia) - Wadjemup (Rottnest Island)
		Rottnest Island was thought suitable because it was separated from the mainland which made escapes not easy.
		Beginning in 1838, Aboriginal prisoners were sent to Rottnest Island and "assisted" (Round House leaflet vocabulary) in the building of a prison complex.
		Before a woman set foot on Rottnest Island she had to do a smoking ceremony which is linked to the many men who died on this island.
	www.creativespirits.de /ozwest/fremantle/wadjemup.html (673 words)

	rottnest island
		rottnest island lies 19km off the coast of perth, the capital of western australia.
		over the years rottnest has had a variety of functions for WA, including being a prison island for the indigenous peoples through the 1800's and also as a military installment during the second world war, but today is a favourite holiday destination for west aussies and visitors to our state.
		the journey to rottnest island by ferry or fast boat takes about 30 minutes from the port of fremantle.
	members.iinet.net.au /~secret (117 words)

	Rottnest Island - snorkelling Paradise
		Rottnest is a wonderful little island is about 10 kilometre long and can be circled by a bus in 3hrs.
		There are no cars on the island except for the police and public transport vehicles.
		Rottnest is a Medi- terranean-type island with low shrub growth covering the ground.
	travelsight.tripod.com /rottnest/rottnest_body.htm (660 words)

	Rottnest Island - Tourism Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rottnest Island is located approximately 18 kilometres west of Perth.
		The cute and mischievous marsupials that live on Rottnest, the quokkas, are another of the island's attractions.
		Rottnest runs many events throughout the year, the largest of which is the annual Cottesloe to Rottnest swim held every February.
	www.westernaustralia.com /en/search/product.htm?ID=9004898 (364 words)

	Rottnest Island, Western Australia
		Today it is primarily a holiday island, although it is also widely used for education camps and as a convention centre.
		Rottnest is a 1,900 ha limestone island about 11 km long by 4.5 km wide.
		Rottnest is completely free of cars, because only public and essential traffic is allowed.
	www.tourinfocentre.com.au /geninfo/rottnest.htm (285 words)

	The Kimberley and Rottnest Island, Australia
		There are a lot of cultural and natural history activities on Rottnest Island, located about 18 km from Perth.
		This semi-arid island with a Mediterrranean climate was named after the endemic marsupial, the Quokka (Setonix brachyurus), in 1696 by the Dutch explorer Willem De Vlamingh.
		The island was used as an aboriginal penal settlement from 1838 to 1903, World War I POW camp, and a World War II military installation.
	www.lonker.net /travel_australia_4.htm (552 words)

	Rottnest Island scuba diving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rottnest boasts some of the finest beaches and bays in the world together with a unique style of architecture dating back to the 1800's.
		It is well known to all Western Australians as a place for recreation, being first used by the Governors of Western Australia as a holiday resort between 1848 and 1919.
		The Island is an A Class Reserve enjoying a semi-arid Mediterranean style climate.
	www.sportextreme.com /phdilo13088 (168 words)

	Rottnest Island Lodge Rottnest Island - Special Internet Rates - Rottnest Island Lodge Rottnest Island Australia
		Rottnest Island Lodge is a holiday island located 18 kilometers offshore from Perth.
		The island is 11 kilometers by 4.5 kilometers, with many beaches and surrounded by a beautiful reef, home to many species of marine life.
		Rottnest Island Lodge offers a licensed restaurant, public bar, cocktail bar, and also facilities for functions such as corporate meetings, team building exercises and product launches, along with weddings.
	www.precisionreservations.com /ph-aspx-hotel_id.49982-db-hoteldatabase/HotelDisplay.htm (224 words)

	Rottnest Island, Western Australia - Travelmate
		The island was an internment camp during WWI until 1917 when it was proclaimed a reserved area.
		Today the island is visited by nearly half a million tourists each year who come to see the sandy beaches, walk the heritage trails for sightings of fairy terns, bottle-nosed dolphins and quokkas and discover the heritage listed wrecks around Charlotte Point.
		While there is accommodation on the island, Rottnest Island can be visited on a trip from Perth by ferry.
	www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=1158 (343 words)

	Diving Rottnest Island, Australia - DIVE
		Rottnest Island, a short boat ride from Fremantle, is an absolute diving paradise.
		Diving is almost always possible as the island has one side protected from the elements at all times.
		This current also brings many tropical species of fish to the island; the sheer variety of marine life is staggering.
	www.padidiveguides.com /AU/Western_Australia/index.php?m_id=142 (114 words)

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