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Mount Chappell Island Indigenous Protected Area |
| Category: | Place | |
| Date: | 1 September 2000 | |
| Sub Category: | Indigenous Protected Area |
| Place: | Furneaux Island group, north of Tasmania in the Ba |
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| State/Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
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| Alternative Names: | Chappell Island Indigenous Protected Area
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| Subject Matter: | Environmental Heritage |
| Summary Information: | |
| Mount Chappell Island was declared an Indigenous Protected Area in September 2000. The area of 325 hectares has spectacular scenery and is an area of high cultural and historical value for the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. The natural environment has been altered extensively through European use of the natural resources including mutton birds, seals and pastures for grazing livestock. Chappell Island is Aboriginal owned land and is managed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. |
| Detailed Information: | |
| There are extremely invasive weed species on Chappel Island and the IPA Program aims to restore the natural vegetation. Work is to concentrate on weed removal, revegetation, fencing, and investigation of the restoration of mutton bird rookeries. | |
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