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Bid to clear heritage Australian island of rabbits - Sep 24, 2008 Radio Australia,Australia's remote Macquarie Island lies halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica and its rabbit population's brought it to the brink of environmental Macquarie Island - Sep 10, 2008 Pegasus News,...by Mongolia Canvas by Canvas At first it looks a little like those "paint by number" things, but it's not, it's a true collaboration of artistic endeavors. Aussies abroad get their grand final kicks - Sep 25, 2008 The Canberra Times,Tomorrow also incorporates a buck's party for Graeme Freeman, of Hobart, and a video link with the equally remote staff at Macquarie Island, Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits West of Macquarie Island - Aug 9, 2008 Thaindian.com,Macquarie Island lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. 54°37′53″S, 158°52′15″E. Politically, Poison, dogs, sharpshooters head Macquarie Is rabbit cull - Apr 21, 2008 ABC Online,By Felicity Ogilvie Macquarie Island's exploding rabbit population is causing mass erosion through grazing and burrowing. (AAP: Tasmanian National Parks Major earthquake rocks Macquarie Island region - Apr 11, 2008 Xinhua,BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted Australia's Macquarie Island region Saturday morning, according to Australia gets access to underwater bounty - Apr 24, 2008 ABC Science Online,A ridge off Macquarie Island where the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates collide is also included. In these more southerly areas, Mr Alcock says biological Macquarie Island Visit Assists in Project Planning - Apr 14, 2008 Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release),A recent visit to the Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and World Heritage Area 1500 kilometres south-east of Tasmania has given Parks and Wildlife Service Australia gets bigger and richer - Apr 21, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,One is south of Macquarie Island, the other east of Heard and McDonald Islands. Mr Ferguson said the latter fell within the protected Antarctic zone and Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Strikes South of Australia (Update1) - Apr 11, 2008 BloombergBy Aaron Sheldrick April 12 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in the vicinity of Macquarie Island, which lies about halfway between Australia World Briefs - Apr 12, 2008 Ha'aretz,...(AP) A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the open waters of the Southern Ocean near the Australian territory of Macquarie Island yesterday, Strong earthquake hits southern ocean - Apr 11, 2008 Xinhua,The quake, occurred at 11:30 am Saturday New Zealand time (23:30 GMT Friday), was centered beneath open ocean, 112 km southwest of Macquarie Island, Powerful 7.1 Quake in Southern Ocean - Apr 11, 2008 The Associated PressWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong earthquake hit near the remote Australian territory of Macquarie Island Saturday, but there were no immediate No tsunami fears after Pacific quake - Apr 11, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,There is no tsunami warning after a massive earthquake near Macquarie Island in the Pacific Ocean today. A 7.2 magnitude quake was felt in the region of the Magnitude 7.1 earthquake 2.000 kilometers south of Wellington - Apr 12, 2008 MercoPress,An earthquake magnitude 7.1 struck Saturday in the vicinity of Macquarie Island, which lies about halfway between Australia and Antarctica and 2.000 Interest in buying ship seized for illegal fishing - Apr 9, 2008 ABC Online,The Cambodian registered 'FV Taruman' was seized between Macquarie Island and Tasmania in September 2005. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has Quake poses no tsunami risk to NZ - Apr 11, 2008 TV3 News,A magnitude 7.2 earthquake which hit the open waters of the Southern Ocean near the Australian territory of Macquarie Island today poses no tsunami risk to Strong quake hits Southern Ocean - Apr 11, 2008 PRESS TV,1 earthquake has rocked the open waters of the Southern Ocean near the Australian territory of Macquarie Island. There was no tsunami warning after the Arthur Gwynn's life of adventure - Apr 16, 2008 The Age,...a discarded copy of the Australian Journal of Medicine from a wastepaper bin and spotted an advertisement for a doctor to go to Macquarie Island. Powerful 7.1 quake in Southern Ocean, no tsunami warning - Apr 11, 2008 Canoe.ca,By AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A strong earthquake hit near the remote Australian territory of Macquarie Island, but there were no immediate reports of Digital Photography News - Apr 20, 2008 Shuttertalk,Although most of the time was spent doing things of a non-photography nature, I did get a chance to get away for a weekend to the West Coast with Tina which Large earthquake strikes south of Australia - Apr 11, 2008 HULIQ (press release),States Geological Survey (USGS) a major magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck 131 kilometers (82 miles) south, southwest of Macquarie Island, Australia. No tsunami risk from 7.1 earthquake in Southern Ocean - Apr 11, 2008 TopNews,The United States Geological Survey said the quake at a depth of 10 kilometres was centred near Australia's Macquarie Island, which is uninhabited apart Australia's new seabed riches tough to reach, say experts - Apr 22, 2008 AFPThe government has already ruled out allowing resources development in two areas of newly-acquired seabed off Antarctica and Macquarie Island in the Australia Wins UN Confirmation of Extended Seabed Jurisdiction - Apr 21, 2008 BloombergThe findings extend Australia's jurisdiction in nine regions, including areas off western, southern and eastern Australia, south of Macquarie Island and off UN deal sees Australia grow larger - Apr 20, 2008 Melbourne Herald Sun,The minister did not immediately rule out exploration of the waters around Macquarie Island, in the Southern Ocean. He was not immediately available to UN expands Australia's territorial waters - Apr 21, 2008 EnergyCurrent,However, he did not immediately rule out exploration in the waters around the second area, the Macquarie Island, which is not protected by the Antarctic Cosmos calls to student in cyberspace - Apr 8, 2008 ScienceAlert,..."My interest in expeditioning and going to weird places was piqued after I spent a year on Macquarie Island, on one of the ANARE (Australian National 6 Palestinians die in new Gaza clashes - Apr 12, 2008 Seattle Times,Pacific quake: A 7.1 earthquake hit near the remote Australian territory of Macquarie Island today, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, In search of gold and thrills in the big south - Mar 27, 2008 Stuff.co.nz,ADVENTURE: Maritime entrepreneur Bill Day under the ice in Antarctica, top, and with king penguins at Macquarie Island. Mr Day organised the No Fat Chicks Southern Ocean earthquake brings tsunami fear - Apr 12, 2008 Australian News,A strong earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale has hit the southern ocean near the remote Australian territory of Macquarie Island. Fedor Konyukhov heads into ice territory south of Macquarie Island - Feb 11, 2008 BYM News (press release),Bob Williams, CEO of the Antarctica Cup Management reports from Albany that Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has chosen to head south of Macquarie Island Diminishing food supplies threaten king penguins - Feb 12, 2008 The Age,King penguins — the second largest penguin after the emperor penguin — live in the sub-Antarctic islands, including Macquarie Island, south-east of Tasmania THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD - Feb 5, 2008 Sequim Gazette,On their return from the Ross Sea two years ago, they spent a frustrating day at Macquarie Island, a sub-Antarctic Island that belongs to Australia. Tasmanian plants banking for the future - Jan 30, 2008 ABC Online,...from the mountains to the beaches and also from the off shore islands, such as Flinders Island, King Island and even Macquarie Island. Global Warming Causes Alien Invasion in Antarctica - Jan 28, 2008 Environmental Graffiti,Mice, rats, and cats have already overrun Macquarie Island in Australia’s sub-Antarctic territory. The rodents could decimate the populations of ground FEATURE-Antarctica on alert for alien invaders - Jan 27, 2008 ReutersAmong the most damaging were reindeer on South Georgia and rats and cats on Macquarie Island, Bergstrom said. Elsewhere in Antarctica, grass was found NZ Antarctic display has thriving export trade in penguins - Feb 7, 2008 TV3 News,King penguins normally live on sub-Antarctic islands south of New Zealand and breed on Macquarie Island, though one swam to New Zealand in 2005, Antarctica at Risk From Warming And Humans - Jan 28, 2008 New York Sun,The Australian-administered territory of Macquarie Island has been overrun by mice, rats, and cats. Norwegian reindeer introduced to South Georgia, Get a move on before Macquarie becomes island of the dead - 01 Dec 2007 The Age,Anyone who reads John Elder's story today about the fate of Macquarie Island, the World Heritage-listed treasure roughly halfway between Tasmania and Macquarie Island Area Struck by Magnitude 6.5 Quake, USGS Says - Nov 9, 2007 Bloomberg10 (Bloomberg) -- A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the Macquarie Island region of Australia at 12:13 pm local time, the US Geological Survey said. Grandson traces Mawson’s footsteps - Nov 10, 2007 The West Australian,Emlyn Thomas, 57, will visit a wireless relay station Sir Douglas set up on Macquarie Island and explore the rocky, icy wilderness at Cape Denison in Ship accident highlights Antarctic tourism dangers - Nov 25, 2007 ABC Online,..."We have a small and developing industry that visits mostly the sub-Antarctic islands of Macquarie Island, but the distances to the Antarctic from Australia Howard looks headed for defeat - Nov 23, 2007 Taipei Times,...station leader Matt Dahlberg, Alison Skinn, Sean Thompson and Kevin Gunn cast their votes in the federal election on Macquarie Island yesterday. Heaven Can Wait now racing: Lake Macquarie - Sep 29, 2007 Sail World,The 24 hour Heaven Can Wait yacht race set off to a great start on Lake Macquarie at midday today. A fleet of over 35 boats is participating in either the Another inconvenient truth: Qld's first UN biosphere - Oct 13, 2007 Brisbane Times,Noosa Shire is currently listed alongside 13 other Australian Biospheres including Uluru, Macquarie Island, Wilson's Promontory and Kosciuszko National Park Macquarie Island work on track - Jul 26, 2007 ABC Online,The Tasmanian Government says it's on track with the pest eradication program on Macquarie Island. The Environment Minister, Paula Wriedt says her Penguins and ukeleles - Aug 14, 2007 The Nelson Mail,..."His crime is to have killed off 3 million penguins on Macquarie Island and had them boiled down for oil. "A sinner he may be, but he is an unrepentant one. Play recalls penguin slaughter - Aug 9, 2007 TVNZ,He was a former mayor of Invercargill who set up a processing plant on Macquarie Island, turning babypenguins into oil for ropes. This disturbing moment of Joint committee to monitor pest clean-up - Jul 27, 2007 ABC Online,A joint Commonwealth and State committee has been formed to monitor the pest eradication program on Macquarie Island. Tasmania's Environment Department is Why did the seals cross the ocean? Just to grab a bite to eat - Aug 7, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,But those from Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, including Australia's Macquarie Island and France's Kerguelen Island, which preferred to feed near pack ice NZ upgrades tsunami warning system - Aug 4, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,Some of their most important gauges lie near New Zealand on offshore islands such as Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island. By exchanging data we can ensure Secret Life of Elephant Seals Not Secret Anymore - Aug 7, 2007 PhysOrg.com,Oceanographic sensors with satellite transmitters were deployed on southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in three locations – Macquarie Island south of History on ice - Aug 16, 2007 ANU Reporter,...when personnel and supplies are shipped to the permanent and temporary Australian settlements on the Antarctic continent and nearby Macquarie Island. Cancellation hits theatre company in pocket - Aug 16, 2007 The Southland Times,...after he stirred controversy by slaughtering 3 million penguins on Macquarie Island for their oil, then tried to regain his honour and clear his name. Fiji road shows draw strong response from regional agents - Jul 29, 2007 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),Underlining Fiji’s strength in regional Australia and ongoing interest in the destination, more than 140 travel agents last week attended three key ‘Fiji Seals Gather New Ocean Data - Aug 6, 2007 MIT Technology Review,...the scientists recruited 85 elephant seals from four points around the Antarctic region: South Georgia, the Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island, Intoxicating mix of art and entertainment for festival - Aug 14, 2007 MyTown Bay of Plenty,And Hatch or The Plight of the Penguins tells of MP Joseph Hatch, who ordered the slaughter of three million penguins on Macquarie Island for their oil. Event Listings - Going West Festival 2007 - Aug 2, 2007 Scoop.co.nz,Hatch is thrust headfirst into an international controversy over his slaughter of more than three million penguins on Macquarie Island. Leões e Leopardos Marinhos na Antártica - Jul 30, 2007 INEMA Esportes e Aventura,The Southern Elephant Seal is found in the southern hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, Rabbits putting albatross at risk, environmentalists warn Nov 23, 2006 They say the grey-headed albatross will be lost from Macquarie Island if rabbits are not removed from the area, as Tim Jeanes reports. ... - ABC Online, Australia’s grey-headed albatross faces extinction Nov 21, 2006 Sydney, Austraila – Invasive animals species are threatening the grey-headed albatross on Australia's Macquarie Island with the risk of extinction, says WWF. ... - WWF International, Rabbits 'destroy' seabird habitat Oct 24, 2006 Rabbits are stripping Macquarie Island, near Antarctica, of its grasses causing landslides and destroying nesting sites for penguins and albatrosses, WWF said. ... - BBC News, Iceberg sightseers paying $500 a seat Nov 16, 2006 Around Macquarie Island, the iceberg began to break up into the small chunks that are now off the Otago coastline, Dunbier said. - Stuff.co.nz, Rabbit plague threatens fragile ocean birds Oct 24, 2006 A plague of more than 100 000 introduced rabbits on World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has stripped native tussock grasses, causing loss of nest cover at ... - Independent Online, Briefly: Next leader of the UN vows to restore trust Oct 24, 2006 More than 100,000 rabbits that had been introduced to Macquarie Island have eaten its tussock grasses, resulting in the loss of nest cover at breeding grounds. ... - International Herald Tribune, Australia to allow fishing for toothfish Mar 4, 2006 ...toothfish in Australian waters. Australia's Government has approved the plan to manage trawling around Macquarie Island. Half of the ... ABC Asia Pacific, Result may be clear early on Mar 17, 2006 About 50 Tasmanians among Australia's Antarctic expeditions will cast their votes via fax for the first time at bases at Casey, Mawson and Macquarie Island. ... Australian, Govt unveils toothfish catch plan Mar 3, 2006 It includes measures to ensure the sustainable harvest of patagonian toothfish in Australia's Macquarie Island toothfish fishery. ... ABC Online, A summer of extremes Mar 1, 2006 ...on January 3. Mount Read recorded a massive 925.4mm and Macquarie Island received 342mm, in the wettest summer since 1951. Summer ... Tasmania Examiner, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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