It holds the Cape Bruny lighthouse, one of the oldest in Australia still working, built with convict labour in 1838
Area
50 km²
Declared in
1997
Region
Tasmania
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo
Best time
March to May
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It holds the Cape Bruny lighthouse, one of the oldest in Australia still working, built with convict labour in 1838
Declared in 1997, South Bruny holds the Cape Bruny lighthouse, built in 1838 with convict labour and one of the oldest lighthouses in Australia still actively working, a record of the penal colonial history of Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land), a destination for the transportation of British convicts through much of the 19th century.
Location
See on the interactive map32 species documented in South Bruny
At conservation risk:Gran tiburón blanco
Águila audaz
Aquila audax
Least ConcernBallena franca austral
Eubalaena australis
Least ConcernDelfín mular
Tursiops truncatus
Least ConcernWombat común
Vombatus ursinus
Least ConcernLobo marino australiano
Arctocephalus pusillus
Least ConcernAbanico australiano
Rhipidura leucophrys
Araña de espalda roja
Latrodectus hasselti
Bandicoot meridional de nariz corta
Isoodon obesulus
Boca de rana gris
Podargus strigoides
Cacatúa galerita
Cacatua galerita
Cisne negro
Cygnus atratus
Cormorán pío
Phalacrocorax varius
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Australia, where South Bruny lies.
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