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Avoid Island is one of the Flat Isles, within the island chain called the Northumberland Islands, around off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately south of Mackay.[1]

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  1. 36 relations: ABC Radio Brisbane, Aboriginal Australians, Acanthophis, Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bioregion, Biosecurity, Canoe, Central Mackay Coast, Climate change, Coral Sea, Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (Queensland), Dune, Far Eastern curlew, Flatback sea turtle, Great Barrier Reef, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, Isaac Region, James Cook, Local government in Australia, Mackay, Queensland, Mangrove, Matthew Flinders, Northumberland Islands, Organised crime in Australia, Pacific Ocean, Protected area, Queensland, Queensland Government, Shoal, States and territories of Australia, Swamp, Turtle, Vulnerable species.

  2. Nature conservation in Australia

ABC Radio Brisbane

ABC Radio Brisbane (callsign: 4QR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Brisbane, Queensland.

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Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.

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Acanthophis

Acanthophis is a genus of elapid snakes.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Bioregion

A bioregion is a geographical area, on land or at sea, defined not by administrative boundaries but by distinct communities of characteristic plant and animal species, ecological systems, and topographic features.

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Biosecurity

Biosecurity refers to measures aimed at preventing the introduction and/or spread of harmful organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, plants, animals etc.) intentionally or unintentionally outside their native range and/or within new environments.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

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Central Mackay Coast

Central Mackay Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in Queensland, data and comprises.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Coral Sea

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion.

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (Queensland)

The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation is a department of the Queensland Government which is responsible for protecting the state's natural environment, developing the government's science strategy, and driving the government's policy and program direction for young people in Queensland.

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Dune

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.

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Far Eastern curlew

The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger.

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Flatback sea turtle

The Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) is a species of sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately.

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Great Barrier Reef Foundation

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation established in 1999 to help protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef.

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities.

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Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities.

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Isaac Region

The Isaac Region is a local government area located in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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Local government in Australia

Local government is the third-level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government.

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Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland.

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Northumberland Islands

The Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Avoid Island and Northumberland Islands are islands of Queensland and north Queensland.

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Organised crime in Australia

Organised Crime and Gangs in Australia refers to the activities of various groups of crime families, organised crime syndicates or underworld activities including drug trafficking, contract killing, racketeering and other crimes in Australia.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Queensland Government

The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Shoal

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.

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States and territories of Australia

The states and territories are the second level of government of Australia.

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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Turtle

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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See also

Nature conservation in Australia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoid_Island

Also known as Avoid Island (Queensland).