It is located at 37°56′S147°41′E / 37.933°S 147.683°E / -37.933; 147.683, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Bairnsdale on the northern side of the Gippsland Lakes.
A long, narrow, sandy peninsula, it is the site of Duck Arm,[1] a popular recreational bay with around thirty houses and a number of school camps.
The name refers to the plant genus Banksia, which grows in the area.
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BanksiaPeninsula is a peninsula in Victoria. It is located at 37°56′S 147°41′E / 37.933°S 147.683°E / -37.933; 147.683, about 15 kilometres (9 mi)...
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily...
(29 acres), and includes both Banksia attenuata and Banksia menziesii woodland, and a muddy and desert biome. The peninsula features limestone slopes, shoreline...
Banksia integrifolia, commonly known as the coast banksia, is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. One of the most widely distributed...
Banksia marginata, commonly known as the silver banksia, is a species of tree or woody shrub in the family Proteaceae found throughout much of southeastern...
(1914–1922 Blue Duck) • Bairnsdale (Bairnsdale West, The Ridge) • BanksiaPeninsula • Bellbird Creek (1911–1919) • Bemm River • Benambra (The Brothers...
three permanent campsites at Breakfast Creek near Licola, Woodend and BanksiaPeninsula on the Gippsland Lakes. On 7 April 2008, as part of the celebrations...
Banksia dentata, commonly known as the tropical banksia, is a species of tree in the family Proteaceae. It occurs across northern Australia, southern...
Banksia ericifolia, the heath-leaved banksia, or lantern banksia, is a species of woody shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Australia. It grows in...
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dominated by heath banksia (Banksia ericifolia) and scrub she oak (Allocasuarina distyla) occurs over approximately 50% of the peninsula. Other heath communities...
Other foods included the nectar from Banksia flowers and witchetty grubs which lived in the stems of banksia and wattle. Because of its bountiful resources...
pollinator of Melastoma affine. Other flowers visited include those of Banksia, Xanthorrhoea, Hardenbergia violacea, Tristania, Leptospermum, Aotus, Cassia...
gummifera), Pomaderris sp., old man banksia (Banksia serrata), hairpin banksia (Banksia spinulosa), rock banksia (Banksia oblongifolia), Sydney boronia (Boronia...
Cretaceous (last age of the dinosaurs) including Cunoniaceae, Proteaceae (banksia and macadamia family), Winteraceae, Myrtaceae (eucalypt and lilly pilly)...
Australia, sclerophyll vegetation such as eucalyptus trees, melaleucas, banksias, callistemons and grevilleas dominate the mallee and woodland areas of...
(Eucalyptus amygdalina) growing over an understorey of varying heaths such as Banksia spp., Leptospermum spp., Thryptomene spp., Melaleuca spp. and Calytrix...
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