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Moreton Bay - Brisbane page examines - deposition of fine sediments, creating high-nutrient coastal wetlands, ecological significance, depostion of sandy sediments forming islands of bay - Norfolk expedition events: exploration of bay looking for river, land visits MAP |
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Glasshouse Mountains page examines - features of 'hot spot' eruptions, forming a cluster of adjacent volcanic plugs - Norfolk expedition events: exploring the nearby Pumicestone Channel and Flinders' overland hike to the Glasshouse Mountains (including climbing Beerburrum) MAP |
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Cooloola Sands - Rainbow Beach page examines - features of a significant sand mass formed through marine and wind transportation and deposition, subsequent weathering; stabilisation of sand by vegetation, wind erosion - Norfolk expedition events: sailing along coastline MAP |
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Great Sandy Strait - Hervey Bay page examines - complex of sand and finer sediments, channels, river mouth, found between Fraser Island and the Mary River / Town of Hervey Bay - Norfolk expedition events: exploration and charting of water and land features MAP |
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Fraser Island page examines - landforms, ecology and protection of the world's largest sand island, including lake and dune features - Expedition events: Flinders visited here in the Norfolk and the Investigator MAP |
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Bargara Beach - The Hummock page examines - basalt features including beach boulders and fertile agricultural area, along with coastal sands and turtle rookeries and ecology (protected areas) - Expedition events: At the 'top' of Hervey Bay, visited by Norfolk MAP |
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Coast (of eastern Queensland) page examines - depositional features of a low wave energy coastline (sheltered by Barrier Reef) - Investigator expedition events: the voyage confirmed many of James Cook's observations and added new discoveries, allowing Flinders to improve existing charts |
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Barrier Reef page examines - The Barrier Reef is a massive construction, sheltering much of the Qld coast - Investigator expedition events: the reef posed problems for the ship passing through to the Coral Sea, with its intricate maze of coral formations and passages |
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