INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTION OF COCKLESHELL GULLY RESERVE

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Introduction: Cockleshell Gully Reserve (Reserve No. 15018) is in the Jurien Bay district, approximately 230 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It has an area of 18312 ha and extends 22 km from the Gairdner Range near Mt Lesueur to the coast near Green Head. It was gazetted for horse breeding in 1913 and this status is still current. Three physiographic units are present within the Reserve, a circumstance which greatly enhances its potential as a wildlife sanctuary. It was examined by a sub-committee of the Reserves Advisory Council on 12 May 1965 which recommended that it be incorporated with other blocks as an A Class reserve vested in the Western Australian Wildlife Authority. The Conservation Through Reserves Committee included it within System Five, Northern Sandheaths (Anon., 1974).