Barber Island

Barber Island is an island south of Great Palm Island, part of the Greater Palm group in Queensland, Australia. The Aboriginal name for this island is Boodthean Island. Barber Island is one of the ten islands in the Local Government Area of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council.^[1]

The surrounding waters are in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Coral Sea, which is administrated by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). The GBRMPA zoning is "Conservation Zone".^[2] In a Conservation Zone, as compared with a Buffer zone; bait netting, crabbing (trapping), and limited collecting are permitted. In a Conservation Zone, as compared with a Habitat Protection Zone, harvest fishing for sea cucumber, trochus, and tropical rock lobster are not allowed. Barber (Boodthean) Reef is a nearshore fringing reef adjacent to the island.

Aerial photos & maps

• Barber Island is at coordinates ^[3]
• Google, Inc. Google Maps – Barber (Boodthean) Reef (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Barber+(Boodthean)+Reef,+Queensland+Australia&t=m. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
• Google, Inc. Google Maps – satellite view of Barber (Boodthean) Island (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Barber+(Boodthean)+Island,+Queensland,+Australia&t=k&z=17. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 

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