Scott River (Western Australia)

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Scott River is a river in the south west of Western Australia, a tributary to the Blackwood River where it joins just east of Molloy Island. It is partly located within Scott National Park. [1]

The coastal plain that the river lies on goes east to Walpole and is known as the Scott Coastal Plain. [2]

It is north east of Augusta and south of the Brockman Highway. Scott River Road is the main access road into the catchment area, which leaves the highway near Alexander Bridge.

The river catchment area has evidence of early Aboriginal usage of the area. [3]

It is the habitat of Boronia exilis , otherwise known as Scott River boronia, [4] as well as other threatened plant communities. [5]

The catchment area was known to have iron ore reserves, [6] and the area had a short lived sand mine operation - BHP Billiton Beenup. [7] [8]

The hydrogeology and water condition of the area is sensitive to pollutants and human activity, [9] [10] and mining and other activities have usually not passed the requirements to not damage the catchment area.

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References

  1. "Scott | Explore Parks WA | Parks and Wildlife Service".
  2. Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (2000), Scott Coastal Plain : a strategy for a sustainable future (for public comment), Scott Coastal Plain Steering Committee : report by the Environmental Protection Authority under Section 16(j) of the Environmental Protection Act 1986, The Authority, retrieved 16 December 2015
  3. Gibbs, Martin (Martin David) (1989), A report on the aboriginal ethnohistory of the Scott River Region, Southwest Western Australia , retrieved 16 December 2015
  4. Evans, Rebecca; English, Val; Stack, Gillian; Natural Heritage Trust (Australia); Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management (1999), Scott River boronia (Boronia exilis) interim recovery plan, 1999-2002, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 16 December 2015
  5. Luu, Robyn; English, Val; Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (2004), Scott River ironstone association interim recovery plan, 2004-2009, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 16 December 2015
  6. "Scott River Ore". The Beverley Times (WA : 1905 - 1977) . WA: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1962. p. 7. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. "No buyers for Beenup", Mining Journal, Mining Communications, Ltd, 332 (8521): 149(1), 5 March 1999, ISSN   0026-5225
  8. BHP Titanium Minerals Pty Ltd (2002), BHP Billiton Beenup rehabilitation project surface water release compliance criteria : public document review, Dept Environmental Protection Water and Rivers Commission, retrieved 16 December 2015
  9. Gerritse, R. G. (Robert Graham); CSIRO. Division of Water Resources (1996), Leaching of nutrients and pesticides from the Scott river catchment : a critical overview of existing data and a comparison with the Harvey river, Ellen Brook and Gingin Brook catchments, CSIRO Division of Water Resources, retrieved 16 December 2015
  10. Nasuksom, Praphawadee; Curtin University of Technology. Dept. of Applied Geology (2001), Evaluation of hydrogeology of part of the Scott River catchment, Western Australia , retrieved 16 December 2015

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