It is an area centred approximately on 25�30?S 113�30?E Coordinates:
25�30?S 113�30?E, 800 kilometres north of Perth, on the westernmost
point of Australia. An expedition led by Dirk Hartog happened upon the
area in 1616, becoming the second group of Europeans known to have
visited Australia. Shark Bay was named by William Dampier, in 1699.
The
area has a population of fewer than 1,000 people and a coastline of
over 1,500 kilometres. The half-dozen small communities making up this
population occupy less than 1% of the total area