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The Wallabi Group is the northernmost group of islands in the Houtman Abrolhos off the western coast of Western Australia.[1] it is 58 kilometres (36 miles) from the Australian mainland, and about 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) from the Easter Group.[2]

The group consists of a number of islands arising from a carbonate platform 17 kilometres (11 miles) long and up to 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) wide, and also the outlying North Island, located 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) to the northwest of the main platform. The main islands are North Island, West Wallabi Island, East Wallabi Island, Long Island and Beacon Island.[2] The group is part of the Houtman Abrolhos Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for supporting large numbers of breeding seabirds.[3]

The Wallabi Group is best known for the shipwreck of the Batavia on Morning Reef near Beacon Island in 1629,[4] and the subsequent mutiny and massacres that took place among the marooned survivors.[5] Another wreck for which the location is known is the Hadda, which was wrecked off Beacon Island in April 1877[6] and now lies about a kilometre north of it.[7]


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References


  1. "Wallabi Group". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. "Houtman Abrolhos". oceandots.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  3. "IBA: Houtman Abrolhos". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. "Batavia". Western Australian Shipwrecks Database. Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum.
  5. Dash, Mike (2002). Batavia's Graveyard. Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-575-07024-2.
  6. "Hadda". Western Australian Shipwrecks Database. Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum.
  7. Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Map sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi


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[de] Wallabi-Inseln

Die Wallabi-Inseln (englisch Wallabi Group) sind eine kleine Inselgruppe im Indischen Ozean, gelegen etwa 58 km vor der westaustralischen Küste. Sie bilden die nördlichste Gruppe des Houtman-Abrolhos-Archipels.
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[it] Wallabi Group

Il Wallabi Group è il gruppo più settentrionale dell'Houtman Abrolhos, una catena di 122 isole, e barriere coralline associate, situate nell'oceano Indiano al largo della costa dell'Australia Occidentale, nella regione del Mid West. Le isole appartengono alla Local government area della Città di Greater Geraldton.


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