Use dmy dates date February 2011 Infobox islands name FraserIsland image name FraserIsland view from Indian Head.jpg image caption View north from Indian Head FraserIsland Indian Head , 2004 locator map Fraserisland locator map.svg native name K gari native name link location Australia coordinates ... as of 2006 density km2 0.2 ethnic groups White Australians 349 FraserIsland , is an island ... FraserIsland accessdate 14 January 2008 year 2008 author Department of the Environment, Water ... Cite web url http whc.unesco.org pg.cfm?cid 31&id site 630 title FraserIsland accessdate 14 January ... heritage places world fraser information.html title FraserIsland World Heritage more information .... ref name Geographic Cite news url http ngm.nationalgeographic.com 2010 09 fraserisland smith text title FraserIsland accessdate 24 August 2010 date 1 September 2010 work Places publisher The National Geographic Society vol 218 No. 3 ref FraserIsland is home to a small number of mammal ... the occasional saltwater crocodile. The island is part of the Fraser Coast Regional Council and protected in the Great Sandy National Park . FraserIsland has been inhabited by humans for as much ... was known as Great Sandy Island . The island became known as Fraser due to the stories of a shipwreck survivor named Eliza Fraser. Today the island is a popular tourism destination. Its resident human ... ref was 360 at the census of 2006. ref http widebaygreens.org fraserisland ref Geography and ecology Image Fraser Island.png thumb upright right NASA Landsat image of FraserFraserIsland ... fraserisland 2005 02 17 1108500203325.html title FraserIsland Queensland Australia Travel accessdate ... place on the island is Moon Point. ref name fia Cite book title FraserIsland Australia last Meyer ... 20Fraser 20Fens 20Backgrounder.pdf title FraserIsland s Fens work publisher FraserIsland Defenders ... above sea level on FraserIsland is 113 km . ref name gpef Cite web url http www.docstoc.com ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Taxobox image image caption regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo familia genus species Coggeria naufragus binomial binomial authority The Fraser Island sand skink is a newly discovered genus of skink found on Fraser Island , Queensland , Australia . References Cite journal last1 Couper first1 P.J. last2 Covacevich first2 J.A. last3 Marsterson first3 S.P. last4 Shea first4 G.M. title Coggeria naufragus gen, et sp. nov., a sand swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland. journal Memoirs of the Queensland Museum volume 39 issue 2 pages 233 241 year 1996 url http www.environment.gov.au biodiversity abrs online resources fauna afd taxa Coggeria accessdate 23 January 2010 Category Skinks skink stub ... more details
Infobox islands name FraserIsland locator map Fraserisland locator map.svg native name K gari location Australia coordinates coord 25 13 S 153 08 E display inline,title area km2 1,840 country Australia country admin divisions title State country admin divisions Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Local Government in Australia LGA country admin divisions 1 Fraser Coast Regional Council The FraserIsland Great Walk is a long distance trail in Queensland , Australia . Hikers must be fully self sufficient and carry water. The walk is rated easy to moderate on a difficulty scale being mostly at sea level ref name fiof Cite news url http www.news.com.au travel australia fraserisland on foot story e6frfq8r 1111113969395 title FraserIsland on foot author Susan Gough Henly accessdate 12 September 2010 date 16 July 2007 work The Australian publisher News Limited ref and is traversed in one direction. Image Walking Track.JPG thumb The track It leads from Dilli Village, an environmental education camp of the University of the Sunshine Coast , to Happy Valley. ref name qh Cite web url http www.queenslandholidays.com.au things to see and do fraserisland great walk 9007511 index.cfm title FraserIsland Great Walk accessdate 12 September 2010 date work publisher Tourism Queensland ref The entire 90 km walk, which includes numerous smaller walks branching off the main trail, can be completed in 6 to 8 days. ref name gweg Cite news url http www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au story 2010 01 29 great walk to be even greater title Great Walk to be even greater author Jennifer Chapman accessdate 12 September 2010 date 29 January 2010 work Fraser Coast Chronicle publisher APN News & Media ref The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service QPWS provides 8 walkers camps for which a booking is essential. The landscape during the walk changes between coastal heathland, mangrove forest, woodland ... parks great walks fraserisland index.html FraserIsland Great Walk and camping permits ... more details
Infobox islands name FraserIsland image name image caption image size locator map native name native name link Inuktitut nickname location Hudson Bay coordinates coord 63.48 78.5 region CA NU type isle display inline,title name FraserIsland archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago total islands major islands area km2 55 highest mount elevation m country Canada country admin divisions title Provinces and territories of Canada Nunavut country admin divisions flag Nunavut country admin divisions title 1 Regions of Nunavut Region country admin divisions 1 Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk country admin divisions title 2 country admin divisions 2 country capital city country largest city country largest city population country leader title country leader name population Uninhabited population as of density km2 ethnic groups FraserIsland is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , Canada . It is located at the mouth of Hudson Bay off Nottingham Island s northwestern tip. The closet community is the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset, Nunavut Cape Dorset , convert 120 km abbr on to the northeast on Baffin Island . Geography The island s habitat is characterized by tundra , inlets , coastal marine features, coastal cliffs, and rocky marine shores. Fauna FraserIsland is a Canadian Important Bird Area NU024 , as well as a Key Habitat Site Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site NU Site 46 . Notable bird species include Common Eider as well as Bird colony Colonial Waterbird s Seabird s. ref name bsc cite web url http www.bsc eoc.org iba site.jsp?siteID NU024 title FraserIsland publisher bsc eoc.org accessdate 2009 05 06 ref History In 1965, the previously un named island was named in honor of Robert James Fraser 1887 1965 , first Dominion Canada and Confederation Dominion Hydrography Hydrographer . ref name Rayburn cite book last Rayburn first Alan title ... Island 22 Hudson Strait&source bl&ots bbRsjfrQ19&sig LZb67LBe 6ntinej5hRR53 Wf70&hl en&ei OvEASryYE6XutQPZkL39BQ ... more details
File FraserIsland a04 indian head.jpg thumb View south from beach File FraserIsland south from Indian Head.jpg thumb View south from headland Indian Head ref Gazetteer of Australia name Indian Head id 138337 ref is a coastal headland on the eastern ocean side of FraserIsland in Queensland , Australia . The landmark is the most easterly point on the island and a popular tourist destination. ref name exfi Cite book title Explore FraserIsland last Hinchliffe first David coauthors Julie Hinchliffe year 2006 publisher Great Sandy Publications location Robe, South Australia isbn 0975819003 pages 84 85 ref Indian Head is located at one end of Seventy Five Mile Beach. The headland was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on the evening of 19 May 1770, civil date for the Indigenous Australians aboriginal people he saw assembled there. ref gutenberg no 8106 name Captain Cook s Journal During the First Voyage Round the World ref The term Indian was used at that time for the native people of many lands. The outcrop consists of rhyolite that was originally created by volcanic activity about 50 to 80 million years ago. ref name exfi Camping around the headland is not permitted. Climbing Indian Head provides 360 views as well as good wildlife spotting opportunities. ref name exfi References Reflist coord 25 00 00 S 153 21 59 E display title region AU QLD type landmark 1stVoyageCookAus Category Headlands of Australia Category Geography of Queensland Queensland geo stub ... more details
of the city of Prince George FraserIsland 6 , properly known as Fraser River Indian Reserve No. 6 ...TOCright Fraser may refer to Places Australia Fraser, Australian Capital Territory , a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen The Division of Fraser , an electoral division in the northern Australian Capital Territory FraserIsland , along the coast of Queensland Canada Fraser River Fraser Plateau , a subplateau of the Interior Plateau, named for the river Fraser Basin , a low lying area, part of the Nechako Plateau, flanking the Fraser River in the Central Interior of British Columbia Fraser Canyon , the stretch of the Fraser River from the city of Williams Lake south to the town of Hope, British Columbia Fraser Valley , the region flanking the lowermost reaches of the Fraser River, from the town of Hope to the sea Fraser Plateau and Basin complex , a World Wildlife Fund named ecoregion in the Central Interior of British Columbia Simon Fraser University , Burnaby, British Columbia Alex Fraser Bridge , between Delta and Richmond, British Columbia Fraser Mills, British Columbia , a neighbourhood of the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia Fraser Heights, British Columbia , a neighbourhood of the city of Surrey, British Columbia Fraser Valley Regional District , British Columbia, a para municipal body encompassing the eastern half of the Fraser Valley region and a portion of the lower Fraser Canyon Regional District of Fraser Cheam , a former para municipal body encompassing the Upper Fraser Valley and parts of the Fraser Canyon, now part of the Fraser Valley Regional District Central Fraser Valley Regional District , a former para municipal body encompassing the central portion of the Fraser Valley region, now part of the Fraser Valley Regional District Regional District of Fraser Fort George , a para municipal body encompassing the area of the city of Prince George, British Columbia, and the upper valley of the Fraser River southeast of there Fraser River Provincial ... more details
Eliza Fraser was a Scottish woman whose ship was shipwrecked on the coast of Queensland , Australia, on 22 May 1836, and who was captured by Australian Aborigines Aborigines . FraserIsland is named after her. Image ElizaFraserHouse.jpg thumb alt Home of Eliza Fraser who in 1836 survived shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef and capture by Aborigines to become a legendary figure in Australian history. Home or Eliza Fraser and detail of attached commemorative plaque, in Stromness , Orkney She was the wife of Captain Fraser, captain of the Stirling Castle disambiguation Stirling Castle . There were 18 people aboard the ship and a cargo mainly of spirits, which may have been involved in the accident notice in Kingfisher resort on FraserIsland . They struck a reef hundreds of kilometres north of FraserIsland . They then launched a boat and landed at Waddy Point on FraserIsland. It was here that she was captured by Aborigines her husband either died from starvation or was killed by an Aborigine because he was unable to carry wood. They were stripped of their clothing. She was found by John ... up to help her. A sensationalised account of the incident was sold in London. Fiction Image Eliza Fraser portrait.jpg thumb left 150px Sketch of Eliza Fraser Patrick White wrote a fictionalised account ... interpretations of historical and legendary figures, including Eliza Fraser. Film Main Eliza Fraser film In 1976 a comedy film titled Eliza Fraser The Adventures of Eliza Fraser was an alternate title ... id 0074466 title Eliza Fraser See also White woman of Gippsland William Buckley convict References ... . Constructions of Colonialism Perspectives on Eliza Fraser s Shipwreck . Wellington Leicester University Press. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fraser, Eliza ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fraser, Eliza Category ... coast Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category Clan Fraser Category Maritime ... more details
Katherine Fraser or similar may refer to Catherine Fraser , Chief Justice Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun See also Kate Fraser hndis Fraser, Katherine ... more details
Columbia Richmond from the Corporation of Delta . Richmond is on the largest island in the Fraser ... Queensborough . Also in the lowermost Fraser, among other smaller islands, is Annacis Island , an important ... Fraser are Barnston Island , Matsqui Island , Nicomen Island and Sea Bird Island British Columbia Sea ...Geobox River Name section name Fraser River native name other name Staulo ref Salishan languages and Chinook Jargon . The Halkomelem form is Sto lo , used as the name of the people of the Fraser Valley ... size image caption The Fraser River, from the grounds of Westminster Abbey British Columbia Westminster ... www.fraserbasin.bc.ca news documents BN LowerFraserModel Nov14 06.pdf title Lower Fraser River Hydraulic ... fraserkanaka.html introduction Ambient Water Quality Assessment and Objectives for the Fraser ... discharge1 location discharge1 average Source source name Near Fraser Pass source location Rocky Mountains ... source long m 19.0 source long s source long EW W source elevation source length Mouth mouth name Fraser ... value Map section map Fraser River Watershed.png map size map caption Fraser River watershed For other uses of this name see Fraser River disambiguation . Image Fraser River Watershed.png thumb 450px Fraser River watershed The Fraser River pron en fre z r is the longest river within British Columbia , Canada , rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for convert ... Fraser River ref It is the tenth longest river in Canada. ref Canadian Global Almanac. John Wiley .... Greystone Books. Vancouver. 1996 ref The river is named for Simon Fraser explorer Simon Fraser , who ... The Fraser River, near Mission, British Columbia , taken from the gorunds of Christ the King Seminary The Fraser drains a 220,000 km 85,000 sq mi area. Its headwaters are just northwest of Fraser Pass , which forms the first part of its course before its descent at Valemount, British ... cutting deeper and deeper into the Fraser Plateau to form the Fraser Canyon from roughly ... more details
Fraser Point coor dm 60 41 S 44 31 W is a point between Marr Bay and Mackintosh Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island , in the South Orkney Islands . Mapped by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in 1903, and in 1912 13 by Captain Petter Sorlle . Remapped in 1933 by DI personnel on the RSS Discovery II Discovery II who named it for Francis C. Fraser . usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica subantarctic geo stub ... more details
unsourced date April 2009 Not to be confused with Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie Lord Fraser of Carmyllie or Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale Lord Fraser of Lonsdale The Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland in the reign of Charles II of Scotland Charles II . The peerage expired in 1716 , with the death of the 4th Lord Fraser, as a result of his participation in The Fifteen . Lords Fraser Andrew Fraser, 1st Lord Fraser Andrew Fraser, 2nd Lord Fraser 3rd Lord Fraser 4th Lord Fraser died 1716 Scotland noble stub Category Clan FraserFraser, Lordship of Category Lordships of Parliament Fraser ... more details
Alex Fraser may refer to Alex Fraser scientist , Australian scientist Alex Fraser politician , Canadian politician Alex Fraser Bridge Alex Fraser Research Forest See also Alexander Fraser disambiguation hndis name Fraser, Alex bg simple Alex Fraser ... more details
Infobox Swimmer swimmername Brett Fraser image imagesize 120px caption fullname nicknames nationality CAY strokes Freestyle swimming Freestyle club Stingray Swim Club collegeteam Florida Gators swimming and diving University of Florida birthdate birth date and age mf yes 1989 8 28 birthplace George Town, Cayman Islands deathdate deathplace height height ft 6 in 2 weight Brett Fraser born August 28, 1989 is a college and international Swimming sport swimmer from the Cayman Islands . At the Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics , Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser , were two of the three flag bearers from the country. Like his older brother, Fraser also received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida , United States , where the 2009&ndash 2010 school year marked his junior third year with coach Gregg Troy s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA competition. ref Gatorzone.com, Men s Swimming & Diving, http www.gatorzone.com swimmingdiving men bios.php?year 2008&player id 41 Brett Fraser . Retrieved July 14, 2010. ref See also Portal Biography Olympics Swimming Florida Gators List of University of Florida Olympians References Reflist Persondata NAME Fraser, Brett ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION All American college swimmer, Cayman Island international swimmer, Olympian DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1989 PLACE OF BIRTH George Town, Cayman Islands DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fraser, Brett Category 1989 births Category Living people Category Caymanian swimmers Category Florida Gators men s swimmers Category Freestyle swimmers Category Olympic swimmers of the Cayman Islands Category Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics CaymanIslands stub NorthAm swimming bio stub es Brett Fraser ... more details
Infobox Clan clan name Clan Fraser image badge Clan member crest badge Clan Fraser of lovat.svg chiefs ... gaelic names Frisealach image arms Fraser of lovat arms.svg plant badge Taxus baccata Yew animal pipe music chiefs name Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat The Rt. Hon. Simon Fraser chiefs title The 18 sup ... , Clan Tweedie Tweedie branches Frasers of Inverallochy br Clan Fraser of Lovat br Frasers of Muchalls ... a current chief last chiefs name date of death of last chief commander Clan Fraser lang gd Clann ... major political turmoils. Fraser remains the most prominent family name within the Inverness area. The Clan s current Scottish clan chief chief is Simon Fraser, 18th Lord Lovat Simon Fraser , the 16th Lord Lovat , and 25th Chiefs of Clan Fraser Chief of Clan Fraser . The arms of Clan Fraser are Quarterly ..., New York, 1987. ISBN 0 517 49901 0. ref History Origins of the surname main Fraser surname The exact origins of the surname Fraser can not be determined with any great certainty, ref name ancestry ... Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat entered into a formal league of amnity and declared an alliance with the French ... Lord Lovat, his brother John Fraser with George Henry Fraser, Major of the Irish Regiment of Bourke in the French service. ref The first annual gathering of the Clan Fraser in Canada in 1894 also recalls ... claims derivation from a Frenchman called Pierre Fraser, Seigneur de Troile , who came to Scotland ... , and fraisiers , strawberry plants. ref name tartans There is a fabled account of the Fraser coat ... were to become the lords of Neidpath Castle , then known as Oliver. ref name annals Fraser, Archibald Campbell. Annals... of the Frasers of Loveth. Clan Fraser Association for California, 2003. Ed. Diolain Fraser. ref This origin has been disputed, and seen as a classic example of Canting ... flowers fraises . ref Black, George Fraser. The Surnames of Scotland. ref ref name HighlandClans8083 ... Among those listed, the families of Moubray, Ramsay, Laundells, Valognes, Boys and Fraser ... more details
Flora Fraser may refer to Flora Fraser writer Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun hndis Fraser, Flora Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages DEFAULTSORT Fraser, Flora ... more details
Bernie Fraser may refer to Bernie Fraser economist , Australian economist Bernie Fraser rugby union , New Zealand rugby union player hndis Fraser, Bernie DEFAULTSORT Fraser, Bernie ... more details
David Fraser may refer to David William Fraser retired British General and author David Fraser Canadian Canadian General David Fraser screenwriter actor and screenwriter hndis Fraser, David ... more details
Scott Fraser may refer to Scott Fraser footballer , Scottish association football player Scott Fraser ice hockey Scott Fraser politician , Canadian politician Scott E. Fraser , American biologist Scott Fraser diplomat , Ambassadors and High Commissioners from Canada Canadian ambassador to Finland hndis Fraser, Scott ... more details
Iain Fraser may refer to Iain Fraser ice hockey , NHL ice hockey player Iain Fraser soccer , former Canadian international See also Ian Fraser disambiguation hndis Fraser, Iain de Iain Fraser hu Iain Fraser egy rtelm s t lap ... more details
Fraser Health is one of six publicly funded health care Regions into which the Canadian province of British Columbia is divided. It has 22,000 employees and serves the region from Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon all the way down the Fraser River Valley to the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby. It is the largest health authority by population in British Columbia, and includes some of the fastest growing communities within Canada. Services provided by Fraser Health include primary health care, community home care, mental health and addictions, acute medical, and surgical services. The Royal Columbian Hospital , located in the city of New Westminster, is the oldest hospital in British Columbia and one of Fraser Health s busiest. A major tertiary care facility known for trauma care, neurosurgery and open heart surgery, the Royal Columbian Hospital has the only program capable of performing cardiac surgery for expectant women in the Province of British Columbia. Three rapidly growing communities also included in Fraser Health are Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, and Surrey all three are served by expanding community focused acute care hospitals and related services. Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre is new, having opened only in August of 2008. Fraser Health provides health care services for the following communities Burnaby Coquitlam New Westminster Surrey, British Columbia Surrey Delta, British Columbia Delta Maple Ridge, British Columbia Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Langley, British Columbia district municipality Langley Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford Mission, British Columbia Mission Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack Hope, British Columbia Hope White Rock, British Columbia White Rock Port Coquitlam Port Moody See also Other Health Authorities in British Columbia Interior Health Northern Health Provincial Health Services Authority Vancouver Coastal Health Vancouver Island Health Authority External links http www.fraserhealth.ca Fraser Health website Category ... more details
Donald Fraser may refer to Donald Fraser geologist , English geologist Donald M. Fraser born 1924 , U.S. congressman from Minnesota Don Fraser figure skater born 1955 , Canadian pair skater Don Fraser, Sr. 1901 ? , Australian Rules footballer Don Fraser, Jr. 1922 1987 , Australian Rules footballer Donald Fraser Ohio politician , former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Donald Hamilton Fraser 1929 2009 , painter hndis Fraser, Donald de Donald Fraser ... more details
Infobox musical artist Img DeanFraser.jpg Img size 131 Name Dean Fraser Background non vocal instrumentalist Birth name Dean Ivanhoe Fraser Born c.1955, Kingston, Jamaica Died Instrument Saxophone , Vocals Genre Reggae , Jazz Occupation Saxophonist Years active mid 1970s present Label Joe Gibbs record producer Joe Gibbs , Germain Records Germain , Island Records Island , Greensleeves Records Greensleeves , Shanachie Records Shanachie , VP Records VP , RAS Records RAS Associated acts We The People Band , Sly & Robbie , Luciano singer Luciano , Tarrus Riley URL Dean Fraser sometimes appearing as Dean Frazer b. Dean Ivanhoe Fraser, Kingston, Jamaica c.1955 ref name allmusic Allmusic class artist ... Fraser started to play the clarinet at the age of 12. Around this time he met Ronald Nambo ... a brass section. ref name Larkin Fraser took up saxophone at the age of 15. ref name allmusic The trio ... . ref name Larkin Fraser s first album, 1978 s Black Horn Man was produced by Gibbs. This was followed ... Germain . Fraser provided horns for Sly & Robbie in the 1980s, both on record and on tour. ref name Larkin Fraser appeared at the 1981 Reggae Sunsplash , performing an instrumental version of the recently deceased Bob Marley s Redemption Song , which led to the 1984 album Pumping Air on Island Records Mango label. ref name Larkin Fraser went on to record two albums of Marley covers, Dean Plays ... acoustic instruments such as the saxophone were still in demand. Fraser has released several more ... 2011 3 23. ref More recently, Fraser has been recording, producing and touring with singers Tarrus ... www.roots archives.com artist 297 Dean Fraser at Roots Archives http reggaediscographies.free.fr DeanFraser.htm Dean Fraser album discography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fraser ... DEFAULTSORT Fraser, Dean Category Living people Category Jamaican reggae musicians Category people from Kingston, Jamaica Category Saxophonists de Dean Fraser ht Dean Fraser ... more details
Matthew Fraser may refer to Matthew Fraser journalist , Canadian journalist and former editor of the National Post Matthew Fraser, a party in the United States Supreme Court case Bethel School District v. Fraser Mat Fraser , English actor and musician hndis Fraser, Matthew ... more details
Bruce Fraser may refer to Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape GCB, KBE, British admiral during World War II, Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser civil servant KCB, British civil servant and humourist Bruce Fraser author hndis Fraser, Bruce ... more details
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