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forest to connect with Victoria Parade West.

Golf Course and Western Cliffs

The nine hole golf course (see image 6) with its attendant club
house is located on low-lying, gently undulating land on the

South-Western tip of the island and covers an area of
approximately 12.0 hectares. The golf course lies within the
Doug and Mary Morton Reserve and is dotted with many large
veteran trees including one which houses nesting brahminy
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kites. On the eastern edge of the golf course is a small
remnant paperbark forest. The location contains a number of
Aboriginal cultural heritage sites that include the remains of
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shell middens and stone fish traps. The island’s European
heritage is commemorated by a plaque attached to a concrete
brick, the remains of the Company’s camp kitchen, made by
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sappers of the No 43 Landing Craft Company,
Beyond the golf course, the Emerald Fringe on the western
side is one of the least developed parts of the island. The

western cliffs run north-south on the island’s western side and

56 Atlas of Living Australia, ‘Occurrence Records,
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=*:*&fq=species_group:
Birds&lat=-27.573&lon=153.323&radius=0.05 (accessed 10 september
2017)
57 R. Friend and Associates Pty Ltd in association with EPM Consulting and
John Smout Social Planning, Coochiemudlo Island Land Management Plan:
Draft for Consultation, October, 2003, p.32.
58 J. Pearn and M. O’Connor , ‘The Army and World War Two’, in Chronicles
of Coochiemudlo: Selected Vignettes of the Social and Natural History of
Coochiemudlo Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, J Pearn (ed.),
Department of Child Health Publishing Unit, Brisbane, 1993,p. 62.