# Faure Island

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Island in Shark Bay, Western Australia

Faure Island *(top left)*

Faure Island

Location of Faure Island

**Faure Island** is a 58 km2 island [pastoral lease](/source/Pastoral_lease) and [nature reserve](/source/Nature_reserve), east of [Francois Peron National Park](/source/Francois_Peron_National_Park) on the [Peron Peninsula](/source/Peron_Peninsula), in [Shark Bay](/source/Shark_Bay), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). It lies in line with the [Monkey Mia](/source/Monkey_Mia) resort to the west, and the [Wooramel River](/source/Wooramel_River) on the eastern shore of Shark Bay.[1] It is surrounded by the [Shark Bay Marine Park](/source/Shark_Bay_Marine_Park) and [Shark Bay World Heritage Site](/source/Shark_Bay%2C_Western_Australia) and, as the Faure Island Sanctuary, is owned and managed by the [Australian Wildlife Conservancy](/source/Australian_Wildlife_Conservancy) (AWC).

## History

The island was given its European name by French explorer [Nicolas Baudin](/source/Nicolas_Baudin) in 1801, in honour of the geographer, [Pierre Faure](/source/Pierre_Faure), aboard his ship *[Le Naturaliste](/source/French_corvette_Naturaliste)*.

Pastoral leases over the island were granted to [Charles Broadhurst](/source/Charles_Edward_Broadhurst) in 1873, and to WD Moore & Coy in 1883. For most of the 20th century, from 1905, the Hoult family of [Denham](/source/Denham%2C_Western_Australia) ran [sheep](/source/Sheep) and [goats](/source/Goat) on the island. In 1999 the Hoults sold the lease to the AWC, which removed more than 3400 sheep.[2]

## Landscape and climate

The landscape consists mostly of red and white sandy plains and dunes, with claypans in low-lying areas. The highest point is 26m above sea level. It has some limestone and red sand cliff shores, like Peron Peninsula.

The vegetation is predominantly low [shrubs](/source/Shrub) of [Acacia ramulosa](/source/Acacia_ramulosa_linophylla). There are also [mallee](/source/Mallee_Woodlands_and_Shrublands) shrublands, [spinifex](/source/Triodia_(plant)) grasslands, [samphire](/source/Samphire)/*[Atriplex](/source/Atriplex)* shrublands, and coastal [mangroves](/source/Mangrove).[3]

The climate is semi-arid to arid, with hot dry summers and mild winters. Rainfall is erratic, falling mainly in winter, with an annual average of 222 mm. [Cyclones](/source/Cyclone) may sometimes bring rainfall in summer and autumn.[4]

## Wildlife

### Birds

Faure Island is an important breeding area for many [seabirds](/source/Seabird), as well as being important for [migratory](/source/Bird_migration) [waders](/source/Wader) using the [East Asian - Australasian Flyway](/source/East_Asian_-_Australasian_Flyway).[5] With the neighbouring much smaller (5 ha) Pelican Island and their associated mudflats, it has been identified as a 5821 ha [Important Bird Area](/source/Important_Bird_Area) (IBA). The Faure and Pelican Islands (Shark Bay) IBA supports breeding colonies of [fairy terns](/source/Fairy_tern) and over 1% of the world populations of [red-necked stint](/source/Red-necked_stint) and [pied oystercatcher](/source/Pied_oystercatcher). Together with the nearby [Quoin Bluff](/source/Quoin_Bluff) and [Freycinet Island](/source/Freycinet_Island) IBA, it supports more than 1% of the world population of [pied cormorants](/source/Pied_cormorant).[6]

### Mammals

Western barred bandicoots have been reintroduced to the island.

The original native mammal fauna of Faure Island did not survive the introduction of [livestock](/source/Livestock) and the presence of [feral cats](/source/Feral_cat).[7] However, sub-fossil evidence of the former presence of native mammals has brought reintroduction of the [boodie](/source/Boodie), [Shark Bay mouse](/source/Shark_Bay_mouse), [banded hare-wallaby](/source/Banded_hare-wallaby) and [western barred bandicoot](/source/Western_barred_bandicoot).[5][8] An attempt to reintroduce the [greater stick-nest rat](/source/Greater_stick-nest_rat) failed.[9]

## Marine surrounds

The island is located within the Shark Bay Marine Park and is adjacent to both the [Wooramel Seagrass Bank](/source/Wooramel_Seagrass_Bank) and the Faure Sill sandbank that is a major component in the creating of the conditions within the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve.

## See also

- [List of islands of Western Australia](/source/List_of_islands_of_Western_Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *A biological survey of Faure Island, Shark Bay World Heritage property, Western Australia* / edited by Jacqueline D. Richards and Barry Wilson. Other authors: Australian Wildlife Consultancy. Western Australian Museum, South Australian Museum, Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. Perth, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2008. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, 0313-122X; no. 75. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-920843-36-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-920843-36-6)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Richards, Jacqui (2007). "Return to Faure Island". *Landscope*. WA Dept of Environment & Conservation. pp. 10–17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Faure Island](http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268127) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000644/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=268127) 1 October 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) in the [Gazetteer of Australia](/source/Gazetteer_of_Australia) [online](http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Faure Island: Climate](http://www.australianwildlife.org/faureisland.asp?Type=Climate)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FIwildlife_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FIwildlife_5-1) ["Faure Island: Wildlife"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071225182031/http://www.australianwildlife.org/faureisland_wildlife.asp). Archived from [the original](http://www.australianwildlife.org/faureisland_wildlife.asp) on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["IBA: Faure and Pelican Islands (Shark Bay)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm). *Birdata*. Birds Australia. Archived from [the original](http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Thomas, N & Whisson, L (2001). In Farewell felines of Faure : follow-up survey of feral cats on Faure Island. Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, [Woodvale, W.A.]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Tom Curtis (2008) Boodie abode: Australia's Faure is an island of good news for boodies, bandicoots, and banded hare wallabies.(Australian Wildlife Conservancy) Boodie abode: Australia's Faure is an island of good news for boodies, bandicoots, and banded hare wallabies. In Wildlife Conservation, v.111, no.2, 2008 March–April, p.34-41 ([ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1048-4949](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1048-4949))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Short, Jeff; Copley, Peter; Ruykys, Laura; Morris, Keith; Read, John; Moseby, Katherine (8 October 2019). ["Review of translocations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): lessons learnt to facilitate ongoing recovery"](https://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR19021). *Wildlife Research*. **46** (6): 455–475. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1071/WR19021](https://doi.org/10.1071%2FWR19021). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1448-5494](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1448-5494). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [203389727](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:203389727).

## External links

- [AWC](https://web.archive.org/web/20071226071644/http://www.australianwildlife.org/aboutawc.asp)

[25°52′S 113°53′E / 25.867°S 113.883°E / -25.867; 113.883](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Faure_Island&params=25_52_S_113_53_E_region:AU_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki)

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