| Exmouth Western Australia |
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 Location of Exmouth, Western Australia |
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| Population: | 1,995 [1] |
| Established: | 1964 |
| Postcode: | 6707 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Exmouth |
| State District: | North West Coastal |
| Federal Division: | Kalgoorlie |
Exmouth is a town on the tip of the North West Cape in Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Karratha is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia that developed with the onset of the Iron ore mining and export in the region Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 142 Local Government Areas (including Christmas Island and the The Shire of Exmouth is a Local Government Area in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, about north of the state capital Perth. State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Kalgoorlie is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. North West Cape is a large peninsula of land in the north west coast of Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The town is located 1,270 kilometres (789 mi) north of the state capital Perth and 3,366 kilometres (2,092 mi) southwest of Darwin. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States
The town was established in 1964 to support the nearby United States Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. Naval Communication Station Harold E Holt is located on the North West coast of Australia 6 km (3 miles north of the town of Exmouth Western Australia. Beginning in the late 1970s, the town began hosting U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to Learmonth Solar Observatory, a defence science facility jointly operated with Australia's Ionospheric Prediction Service.
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History
The location was first used as a military base in World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Admiral James F. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Calvert in his memoir, Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine, and Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood in Sink 'Em All, his narrative of Allied submarine warfare, describe its history. Silent Running My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine is a memoir written in 1995 by Vice Admiral James F Charles Andrews Lockwood ( 6 May, 1890 &ndash 7 June, 1967) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Naval warfare is divided into three operational areas Surface warfare, Air warfare and underwater warfare. After the retreat from Java in March 1942, Allied naval forces had need of a forward base for replenishing submarines, then the sole form of offensive warfare against the Japanese. Both Darwin, Northern Territory, and Broome, Western Australia, were too exposed to air attack, so a 500-ton unmotorized lighter was placed as refueling barge near the mouth of Exmouth Gulf, where the Allies were already maintaining a seaplane tender. For other places and usages see Broome. Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier) is a Ship that provides facilities for operating Seaplanes These ships were the first Aircraft carriers
Code-named Potshot, the spartan base was also developed as an advanced base and rest camp for submariners using the tender USS Pelias. An airfield (now RAAF Learmonth) was constructed to provide fighter defense for the base. RAAF Learmonth, also known as Learmonth Airport, is a joint use Royal Australian Air Force base and civil airport. Z Special Unit used Potshot as a staging base for Operation Jaywick in September 1943. Z Special Unit, often known as Z Force, was a joint Australian British and New Zealand Commando unit which saw action against Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II.
Tourism
Nowadays the town relies more on tourism than the station for its existence. At the 2006 census, Exmouth had a population of 1,995. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years [1] At the height of the tourist season the population swells to 6000.
Exmouth is one of the few areas in Australia that can boast the "Range to Reef" experience. The Cape Range National Park which has some spectacular gorges is an area of 506 square kilometres and its main area is focused on the west coast of the Cape which provides a large variety of camp sites on the coastal fringe of the Park. Cape Range is a national park in Western Australia ( Australia) 1105 km north of Perth.
On 22 March 1999, Tropical Cyclone Vance reached category 5 status as it made landfall near Exmouth. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Cyclone Vance was a Tropical cyclone that struck Western Australia during the active 1998-99 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season, and was also one The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a classification used for most Western Hemisphere Tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of Tropical depressions This resulted in the highest ever wind gust reported on the Australian mainland of 267 km/h at Learmonth, only 35 km to the south.
Vance caused significant flooding and property damage but there were no deaths. [2]
Exmouth Gulf
Exmouth Gulf is a rich marine environment. It is a nursery for humpback whales, dugong and turtles. The humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae) is a Baleen Whale. The dugong ( Dugong dugon) is a large Marine Mammal which together with the Manatees is one of four living species of the order Sirenia Turtles are Reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the Crown group Chelonia) most of The mangrove systems on the eastern margins are areas of high primary productivity feeding and restocking both the Gulf and the famed nearby Ningaloo Reef. Mangroves (generally are Trees and Shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the Tropics and Subtropics. Ningaloo Reef is a fringing Coral reef located off the west coast of Australia, approximately 1200 km north of Perth.
A proposed salt mine would stretch more than 30 kilometres along the south-west gulf line. A salt mine is an operation involved in the extraction of salt from Rock salt or halite a type of evaporitic deposit The mine has given rise to heated debate on possible environmental impacts on the area.
The Gulf and off-shore waters beyond the Ningaloo fringing reef are home to some of Australia's greatest sport fish including Marlin, Spanish Mackerel, and several sub-species of Tuna. The Gulf sustains one of Western Australia's largest prawn fisheries, managed by the Kailis Fishing Group, which operates under license from the Western Australian Government.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Exmouth (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -
- ^ WA Tropical Cyclone Season Summary 1998-99
Further reading
- Western Australia. Ministry for Planning. (1998) Exmouth-Learmonth (North West Cape) structure plan. Perth, W. A. : Western Australian Planning Commission. ISBN 0730990079 (The draft Structure Plan for Exmouth-Learmonth (North West Cape) has been prepared by the Ministry for Planning under the guidance and direction of the Gascoyne Coast Planning Coordinating Committee (GCPCC) and the North West Cape Technical Advisory Group)
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