| Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia | |
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  Fleurieu Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 35°30′00″S138°25′48″E / 35.50000°S 138.43000°E /-35.50000; 138.43000 |
TheFleurieu Peninsula (/ˈflɜːrioʊ/)[1] is apeninsula in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located south of the state capital ofAdelaide.
BeforeBritish colonisation of South Australia, the western side of the peninsula was occupied by theKaurna people, while several clans of theNgarrindjeri lived on the eastern side.[2] The people were sustained by theflora and fauna of the peninsula, forfood andbush medicine. Thebulrushes,reeds andsedges were used forbasket-weaving or makingrope, trees provided wood forspears, andstones were fashioned into tools.[3]
The Fleurieu Peninsula was named afterCharles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, the French explorer andhydrographer, by the French explorerNicolas Baudin as he explored the south coast of Australia in 1802. The name came into official use in 1911 after Fleurieu's great-nephew, Count Alphonse de Fleurieu, visited Adelaide and met with the Council of theRoyal Geographical Society of South Australia, which recommended to thestate government that the unnamed peninsula terminating in Cape Jervis be given the name Fleurieu Peninsula "in honour of one who is worthy to be remembered in the annals of Australian geography". The government approved the name later that year.[4][5]
The Geographical Names Advisory Committee advised in 2001 that the extent of the peninsula is:[6][failed verification]
that portion of land between Gulf St. Vincent and the Southern Ocean(sic), a line from Aldinga(sic) (southern end ofAldinga Bay) toMiddleton (eastern end) being the cut-off for the peninsula. This boundary has not to be gazetted at present, and is intended to be the extent of the geographic feature only and is not to be applied to any industry or interest group regional identification.
The coast of the peninsula stretches from around 140 kilometres (87 mi) fromSellicks Beach in the north toMiddleton in the south-east.[7]
Towns on the peninsula includeVictor Harbor,Normanville,Yankalilla andRapid Bay. Districts includeInman Valley and Hindmarsh Valley. A ferry travels betweenCape Jervis, at the tip of the peninsula, andKangaroo Island.[8] There is surfing on both the west and south facing coasts – known locally to Adelaide surfers as the Mid South Coast and the Far South Coast.[citation needed] Surf spots of note includeWaitpinga and Middleton on the Far South Coast.[citation needed]
In the past, there were extensiveswamps andwoodlands, which provided habitat and food sources for a range of birds, fish, and other animals, includedsnake-necked turtles,yabbies,rakali, ducks andblack swans. Flora included the nativeorchid (leek orchid),guinea flower andswamp wattle (Wirilda).[3]
The swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula were listed ascritically endangered under theEPBC Act in 2003; however, there is no adopted or made recovery plan for this ecological community, only "Approved Conservation Advice" (2013).[9] Less than four percent of the original swampland remain today.
A group that includesAboriginal elders and scientists are as of 2021[update] documentingAboriginal cultural knowledge for the Fleurieu Peninsulaswamps atYundi, which is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Adelaide. The Yundi Nature Conservancy, containing about 5 hectares (12 acres) of swamp, is south-east ofMcLaren Vale, nearMount Compass. There, Ngarrindjeri elders and scientists from various disciplines share their knowledge and plan forrewilding some more of the peninsula. Aseed bank has been created to this end.[3]
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