Cape Portland, Tasmania

Cape Portland
Tasmania
Cape Portland; Tasmania
	Cape Portland
Coordinates	40°44′58″S 147°56′43″E / 40.74944°S 147.94528°ECoordinates: 40°44′58″S 147°56′43″E / 40.74944°S 147.94528°E
Postcode(s)	7264
LGA(s)	Dorset Council

The Cape Portland area is an important site for Cape Barren geese

Cape Portland is both a geographical feature and a locality near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, Australia. The cape points west across Ringarooma Bay, where the Ringarooma River empties into the Tasman Sea.

It was named after the Duke of Portland by Matthew Flinders during his 1798 circumnavigation of the island in the sloop Norfolk with George Bass. The Pyemmairre name of the Cape Portland district is Tebrakunna.^[1]

Banks Strait separates Cape Portland from Clarke Island, one of the Furneaux Group, to the north.^[2]^[3]

History[]

Cape Portland Post Office opened on 6 April 1865 (first as a receiving house) and finally closed in 1918.^[4]

Birds[]

It is the site of the 67 km² Cape Portland Important Bird Area which includes the cape itself, some adjacent land, a strip of coastline east of the cape extending to Policemans Point at the mouth of Ansons Bay, and nearby Swan Island. This area supports more than 1% of the world population of the Cape Barren goose, chestnut teal and the near threatened hooded plover. It also occasionally supports large numbers of pied oystercatchers, double-banded plovers and breeding fairy terns.^[5]

References[]

^ Milligan, Joseph (1858). "On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs" (PDF). Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 270.
^ "Bank Strait". Bonzle. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ "Banks Strait and Franklin Forecast". Bureau of Meteorology. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ "IBA: Cape Portland". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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[1] Milligan, Joseph (1858). "On the dialects and languages of the Aboriginal Tribes of Tasmania, and on their manners and customs" (PDF). Papers of the Royal Society of Tasmania: 270.

[2] "Bank Strait". Bonzle. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[3] "Banks Strait and Franklin Forecast". Bureau of Meteorology. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[Post_Office-4] Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[5] "IBA: Cape Portland". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-12.

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