Isles of St Francis Conservation Park

 island, water, nature conservation park / area, invisible

The Isles of St Francis Conservation Park is made up of ten islands that form the south-westerly extension of the Nuyts Archipelago (Figure 2). The islands are characterised by sheltered bays, beaches, rocky cliffs and limestone outcrops.

Isles of St Francis Conservation Park was constituted by statute in 1972 to conserve island populations and habitat for endangered species, such as the Carpet Python (Morelia spilota), Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata) (which became extinct there, followed more recently by a failed reintroduction program, see Section 5.3 Native Fauna) and Australian Sea-lion. Allotments 1-9 of Deposited Plan 31591, Out of Hundreds (Nuyts), were included in Gazette 19.12.1991, page 1907. Prior to becoming a conservation park the subject land was dedicated a Fauna Conservation Reserve in Gazette 16.3.1967, pages 961962 and Gazette 2.11.1967, page 1964. The park covers 1246ha.