| 词条 | One Tree Island (Queensland) |
| 释义 |
| type = protected | name = One Tree Island | state = qld | iucn_category = Ia | image = | caption = | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|23|30|30|S|152|05|30|E|type:isle|display=inline,title}} | relief = yes | map_alt = | nearest_town_or_city = Gladstone | area = {{convert|7.5|ha|acre|1|abbr=on}} | area_footnotes = [1] | established = | established_footnotes = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_footnotes = | managing_authorities = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service | url = epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/capricornia_cays_national_park }}One Tree Island is a small coral cay. It is located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 96 km due east nor east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 450 km north of the state capital Brisbane. The island is part of the Great Barrier Reef chain of islands, and is part of the Capricorn and Bunker Group of island and forms part of the Capricornia Cays National Park. It is also part of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.[2] GeneralOne Tree Island is a rubble or shingle cay at the eastern end of a coral reef which is about 5.5 km by 3.5 km in size Vegetation consists of scattered velvet soldierbush and Scaevola taccada with several small groves of Pisonia grandis. A small pond of brackish water is situated near the centre of tile cay. A research station conducted by Sydney University is located on the cay. Geomorphology and landscapeThe Capricorn and Bunker Cays form part of a distinct geomorphic province at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.[3] The cays and their reefs lie on the western marginal shelf, and are separated from the mainland by the Curtis Channel. The cays are not generally visible from the mainland, although Masthead Island may be viewed from Mount Larcom on a clear day. Geologically the cays are young, having developed during the Holocene period, they are mostly around 5000 years old. The sea level was much lower during the last Ice Age (at the end of the Pleistocene period) and the coastal plain on which today's reefs and cays developed was completely exposed. Early in the Holocene (around 10,000 years ago) the sea level began to rise, until it stabilised at its present level around 6000 years ago. Once the sea level stabilised, it was possible for reef flats to expand and provide potential sites for the formation of cays. One Tree Island is a Shingle cay and part of a Lagoonal Platform Reef:[4] HistoryDiscoveryIn 1803 Captain Eber Bunker of the whaling ship Albion was the first European to discover the region and gave his name to the southern group. During a second whaling voyage from England in the Albion he discovered the Bunker Islands off the Queensland coast.[5] The Albion was 362 tons and registered in London,[6] the ship was fitted with 10 guns, and a crew of 26; she was built in Deptfordand, Britain ownered by, Messrs. Champion; and used for general cargo[7] The southern cays and reefs were first chartered between 1819 and 1821 by Lieutenant Phillip Parker King RN initially in the Mermaid and later in the Bathurst. The main charting exercise for all the islands and reefs was carried out in 1843 under the command of Captain Francis Blackwood in HMS Fly which was accompanied by the Bramble. The naturalist, Professor J. Beete Jukes, was on board the Fly and his published journal provides valuable information on some of the cays. Current usesThe island and reef are zoned for scientific research in a Zoning Plan under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act, 1975 Research stationOne Tree Island Research Station which was established in 1976 and accommodates up to 20 visiting scientists. It is a strategically located facility with a long history of documented research relating to reef and cay environments, with particular relevance to research where the relative absence of human impact is important and valued as a scientific benchmark. The research station, operated by Sydney University, is located on a special lease over a small part of One Tree Island Research Station The research Station provides basic accommodation. Three new buildings were constructed in 1987 to replace the former scientists' accommodation building, the resident officers' house and the wet laboratory/workshop/storage building. The fourth building, the main laboratory and station office, was constructed in 1983 and is cyclone-resistant. The new buildings provide comfortable living on the island, with timber-louvred windows, coral rubble and timber floors, screens and ceiling fans. Solar panels backed up by a 240 V diesel generator provide electricity to a 120 V DC battery bank and 240 V AC inverter for lighting and laboratory equipment. For cooking LPG powered appliances are used. The only freshwater supply for the island is rainwater which is stored in (rainwater) tanks. The station faced funding cuts in 1994.[8] EcologyNaturalGreen turtle rookeries are located at Wreck Island, West Fairfax and West Hoskyn Islands; these are maintained in a natural condition, free from human disturbance. Up to eight seabird species breed on Masthead, One Tree and Wreck Islands, and seven species are recorded from Tryon, Erskine and West Fairfax Islands. The Capricorn silvereye, a small bird endemic to the southern Great Barrier Reef, is found on the island. There are also brown booby breeding colonies at East and West Fairfax and East Hoskyn Islands. Known shipwrecks on the reefWisteria Sunk 14 September 1887 Barque built as the Look At Home; not salvaged One Tree Island /Wistari Reef? With a cargo of flour, bran, chaff and cement, she broke up on One Tree Island. An inquiry found that her loss was caused by the incompetence of her master and mate. The master's certificate was cancelled.[9]Jane Lockhart sunk between the 11 through to 17 December 1868 on Lady Musgrave Island / Heron Island / Masthead Reef or One Tree Island. The vessel was a 2 Mast Schooner . Departed from Sydney with general cargo for Broadsound; and ran aground on Lady Musgrave Island; maybe on Heron Island or One Tree Island or Masthead Reef Lost on a reef off Heron Island on the night of 17 December 1868. The crew took to the boat and safely reached the Pilot station at Keppel Island. Originally stated as on Lady Musgrave reef (most unlikely) later news reports claim wreck on Heron Island with some other reports mention the wreck on either One Tree Island or Mast Head. The vessel was built in 1861 at Ulladulla New South Wales and registered in Sydney with the Official number of 36858 and a Registered number of 9/1861[10] From the original reports
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See also
References1. ^Jell, J. S. and Flood, P. G. (1978-04-01) Guide to the Geology of Reefs of the Capricorn and Bunker Groups, Great Barrier Reef Province with special reference to the Heron Reef. Papers, Department of Geology, University of Queensland, 8 3: 1-85 http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:10881 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Capricornia Cays |accessdate=2011-06-12 |work= Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= }} 3. ^Hopley, D. (1982) The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef – Quaternary Development of Coral Reefs. Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York 4. ^Fairbridge, R. W. 1950b. "Recent and Pleistocene coral reefs of Australia". J. Geol. 58: 330-401 5. ^http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010163b.htm 6. ^http://www.myancestorsstory.com/shiplist_01.html#Albion 7. ^http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-McN01Hist-t1-b6-d23.html 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134301001 |title=Appeal launched to help protect Barrier Reef. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=11 February 1994 |accessdate=22 December 2015 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 by Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON 10. ^Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON 11. ^The Brisbane Courier Saturday 2 January 1869 12. ^The Brisbane Courier Saturday 17 July 1869
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