❓ Hon Giz Watson seeks clarification on the size and historical naming of strategic industry zones on the Burrup Peninsula, referencing previous questions and providing a map for the Minister's department. The Minister provides specific area measurements and historical context regarding the peninsula's naming.
AnsweredQoN 4712Legislative Council
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With regard to Question without Notice 4201 on Thursday, 23 November 2006, Question without Notice 4 of Tuesday, 20 March 2007 and Question without Notice 123 of Thursday, 29 March 2007, I again thank the Minister for her department’s efforts to try and clarify the situation.
To enable the Minister and her department to try to answer these questions, I have provided a further map located at
http://members.iinet.net.au/~f4949/Roebourne/
). The map is referred to as the Roebourne combined Strategic Industry Zones and is an amalgamation of Roebourne Shire Plan maps Nos 5 and 9 also available at that site. The Strategic Industry zones are shown in pink and this is divided into four areas bounded by a blue line -
(1) Does the Minister concur that the area marked A is approximately 2.4 square km?
(2) Does the Minister concur that the area marked B is approximately 24.1 square km?
(3) Does the Minister concur that the area marked C is approximately 10.2 square km?
(4) Does the Minister concur that the area marked D is approximately 11.3 square km?
(5) Are areas A, B, C and D on the land mass formerly known as Dampier Island?
(6) Was Dampier Island renamed Dampier Peninsula and subsequently Burrup Peninsula in 1979?
(7) If no to (6), how did the Peninsula get its name?
To enable the Minister and her department to try to answer these questions, I have provided a further map located at
http://members.iinet.net.au/~f4949/Roebourne/
). The map is referred to as the Roebourne combined Strategic Industry Zones and is an amalgamation of Roebourne Shire Plan maps Nos 5 and 9 also available at that site. The Strategic Industry zones are shown in pink and this is divided into four areas bounded by a blue line -
(1) Does the Minister concur that the area marked A is approximately 2.4 square km?
(2) Does the Minister concur that the area marked B is approximately 24.1 square km?
(3) Does the Minister concur that the area marked C is approximately 10.2 square km?
(4) Does the Minister concur that the area marked D is approximately 11.3 square km?
(5) Are areas A, B, C and D on the land mass formerly known as Dampier Island?
(6) Was Dampier Island renamed Dampier Peninsula and subsequently Burrup Peninsula in 1979?
(7) If no to (6), how did the Peninsula get its name?
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Answered
19 June 2007
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
76 days
(2) The area is 23.26 square kilometres (3) The area is 9.80 square kilometres (4) The area is11.30 square kilometres (5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(3) The area is 9.80 square kilometres (4) The area is11.30 square kilometres (5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(4) The area is11.30 square kilometres (5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(3) The area is 9.80 square kilometres (4) The area is11.30 square kilometres (5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(4) The area is11.30 square kilometres (5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(5) The area has never been officially called "Dampier Island". (6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(6) Prior to 1978 the area was locally referred to as "Dampier Peninsula". (7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
(7) The area was named after the highest point on the peninsula, called Mt Burrup. The mountain was named by F S Brockman during surveys in August 1885, in memory of Henry Thomas Wood Burrup, a popular official of the Union bank who was killed in Roebourne on 12 January 1885. The name "Burrup Peninsula" was approved by the Minister for Lands on 26 February 1979 for the area north of a line between King Bay and Hearson Cove
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