Local Government
Woodanilling
Region
Great Southern
Cnr Flagstaff & Douglas Rds Kenmare
Woodanilling
Great Southern
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Mar 2003 | Category 4 | |
The site is a significant bird life sanctuary and also provides an example of the changing environment caused by European settlement.
A small lake or swamp with a depth of about 1.5 metres. The swamp is fed by the Boyamining Creek which drains north from that locality entering the swamp on the south end across Douglas Road. It is part of a chain of lakes which when they overflow discharges water into the ill defined east branch of the Beaufort River.
Early surveyor's description was a swamp with jam and yate and good agricultural land on the northern boundary. Named after the rushes which grew prolifically in the water until the wet winter of 1974. After this, salt killed off the rushes and many of the trees surrounding the edge of the lake. It was a great habitat for native birds particularly waterfoul. One count of ducks on the swamp was in excess of 3,000.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Photographs/Maps list 3.21. 3.11 |
Landscape
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Environmental change |
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