LAND UNITS
SOIL TYPES
635000mE
640000mE
645000mE
SEA
Brace
Point
635000mE
640000mE
650000mE
ROW
TIMOR
SEA
Wurankuwu
Brace Point
5
12a
TH
S
Melville
12c
12a
ALICE
SPRINGS
12c
12a
RR
12c
12c
12a
12c
12c
COCKBURN
Dudwel l
Cr
ee
Island
8745000mN
8740000mN
8740000mN
PORT
Deception Point
12a
12c
12c
5
12b
12c 10a
12c
1
8d
12b
12b
10a
1
26
8a
1
12b
k
8d
10a
6
12d
RISES
12b
12b
11
12b
12a
Tamar Point
10a
12b
8c1
12b
8735000mN
9
12c
8a
8a1
8c
LOW RISES
27
12c
12d
12a
5
12b
Wallamajara
Beach
12a
1
26
7a
AIT
STR
12a
8a
8a1
8c1
Dud
11a
12a
12c
12d
10a
11a
12c
26
10c
1
Bathurst
Cr
8c
ee
10b
10a
k
8a
10a
10b
10a
8d
10b
5
VEGETATION CLASSES
635000mE
640000mE
10a
1
8a1
12a
8a1
12b
8a
10a
4
10b
10a
NAR
10a
Island
8745000mN
8745000mN
S
Luxmore
Head
10a
10c
12c
10a
Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Wet evergreen
monsoon forest.
10c
Drainage depressions. Redoxic Hydrosols. Dapsilanthus spp. and/or Schoenus spp. medium closed
sedgeland.
SWAMPS
10c
7a
10b
12d
32
8d
7a
10b
10b
10a
12d
10b
10a
10c
10b
8a1
MARINE
12a
12b
5
10a
10b
8d
10a
8a
10a
10b
10b
10a
8c
12c
35
8a1
12d
10b
10a
10a
10b
Cr
Bathurst
ee
Island
k
10b
10b
National Committee on Soil and Terrain (2009) AUSTRALIAN SOIL AND LAND SURVEY FIELD HANDBOOK.
12a
10a
10b
10b
10a
1
3rd Edition. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
6a
10c
10b
6a
10c
8a
10c
5a
10b
8c
6a
10b
Sinclair
Point
8d
58
8a1
10c
10a
10c
Closed forest
10a
10c
10b
10b
12d
10c
7a
10b
6a
10b
10c
66
12c
Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI) (2003).
AUSTRALIAN VEGETATION ATTRIBUTE MANUAL: NATIONAL VEGETATION INFORMATION SYSTEM, VERSION 6.
LEY
7a
1
APS
8730000mN
8735000mN
8735000mN
Harris
Island
5a
8a1
Isbell R.F. (2002). THE AUSTRALIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION. Revised Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
STR
10b
10c
Supratidal flats. Supratidal Hydrosols. Eleocharis spp. and Schoenoplectus littoralis medium
sedgeland.
Land resource information has been derived from aerial photograph interpretation and field data describing
landform, soil and vegetation. Mapping has been collected according to the national standards and prepared
at a scale of 1 : 25 000. Enlarging this map beyond this scale will not provide further detail. A site inspection
should always accompany mapping for specific areas.
12d
8a
8c
10c
Pirlangimpi
10b
10a
10b
11a
10b
10a
28
10c
AIT
Dudwel l
44
8a1
8c1
8740000mN
8740000mN
COCKBURN
Beach ridges. Tenosolic Oxyaquic Hydrosols. Melaleuca dealbata mid high open woodland.
7a
11a
10a
Salt flats. Intertidal Hydrosols. Tecticornia spp. miniature samphire shrubland.
8c
8a
PORT
Mangroves. Intertidal Hydrosols. Ceriops tagal, Bruguiera spp. and Rhizophora stylosa mid high to
tall closed forest.
12d
10a
8a1
8730000mN
FIELD SITE LOCATIONS
Tamar
Point
8b
8a
Closed depressions. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Melaleuca spp. tall open forest.
11b
8a1
10b
8a1
10c
Murrow
Point
Closed depressions. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Lophostemon lactifluus and mixed spp. mid high
open woodland.
11a
14
10b
10c
10c
10a
10b
8a1
8c
23
1
8735000mN
ROW
Deception
Point
1
Melville
Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols and Oxyaquic
Hydrosols. Lophostemon lactifluus or Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca leucadendra tall woodland.
29
8735000mN
Brace
Point
Harris
Island
6
THE
SEA
10a
12b
10b
10a
TIMOR
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Sinclair Point
1
8a
650000mE
Pirlangimpi
12c
12b
8a1
28
10a
10c
645000mE
8c
10b
12d
Dry monsoon vine thicket on lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Dry monsoon vine thicket.
12b
8a1
1
Seasonal wet plains prone to inundation and seasonal waterlogging. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols
and Brown Kandosols. Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Lophostemon lactifluus mid high open woodland.
18
11a
650000mE
Seasonal wet plains. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.
8c
8d
10b
10c
10b
8c
Undulating plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata and Eucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland.
12b
10a
8a
10c
10b 8a1
Island
Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata and
Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.
8c1
10a
10b
26
10a
645000mE
8d
8a1
10b
8a
8a1
8b
10b
11b
11a
8d
12a
11a
8c1
Very gently inclined upland plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata, Corymbia nesophila and
Eucalyptus tetrodonta very tall open woodland.
COCKBURN
12d
10a
8c
10a
10b
8c1
well
12b
10b
8a1
8c
8a
PORT
10a
10b
10b
12b
12b
7a
8c
9
8740000mN
1
10a
12c
1
8730000mN
LEY
APS
8730000mN
8c
12
12a
2500 metres
640000mE
PLAINS
12b
12a
635000mE
Gently inclined hillslopes. Red Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata and mixed spp.
very tall open woodland.
7a
12a
12a
Hydrosols
Moderately inclined hillslopes. Brown Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata and
Eucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland.
6a
8740000mN
8735000mN
12b
Undulating steep hillslopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Corymbia bleeseri and
Eucalyptus miniata very tall woodland.
5a
12b
12a
10a
Kandosols
LAND UNIT DESCRIPTIONS
LOW HILLS
12c
10a
10b
5
Harris
Island
Vegetation description
Land unit
8a1
12b
Murrow Point
25
12b
8a1
Soil description
Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata and
Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.
8a1
12c
12a
12b
Sinclair
Point
Luxmore Head
Landform description
PLAINS
Island
Pinyianappi
Beach
12c
12b
Pirlangimpi
12c
12c
12c
12d
12b
8d
12c
12c
12b
Example of Land Unit Descriptions
Landform
Melville
5
12a
8d
2
12c
12b
7a
29
8745000mN
Tamar
Point
12c
12a
12c
S
Murrow
Point
12c
12c
OW
12b
1
TERRITORY
Pickertaramoor
Wurrumiyanga
NA
8745000mN
Island
TENNANT
CREEK
Melville Island
E
Luxmore
Head
NORTHERN
TIWI ISLANDS
Bathurst
Island
12c
12c
metres 0
KATHERINE
Milikapiti
Deception
Point
Bathurst
NHULUNBUY
JABIRU
Pirlangimpi
NAR
8745000mN
645000mE
TIWI ISLANDS
DARWIN
THE
TIMOR
650000mE
MAP LOCALITY
Study Area
North East
Bathurst
Island
10b
5a
Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
TIWI ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BIO-PHYSICAL RESOURCES OF NORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND
6a
Open forest
(Technical Report January 2015)
34
Sedgeland
Manager, Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management
Ph. (08) 8999 4443
635000mE
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2500 metres
640000mE
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Department of Land Resource Management,
Northern Territory of Australia
January 2015
645000mE
645000mE
650000mE
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8730000mN
LEY
APS
8730000mN
Samphire shrubland
635000mE
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66
STR
Open woodland
metres 0
Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management
10a
AIT
Woodland
Existing road
Pirlangimpi
Spot height:
metres AHD
Drainage line
66
km 0
1
2
3
4
5 km
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LAND RESOURCES of
NORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND