Proclamation

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, declare that:

(a)     the outer limit of the territorial sea in the southern area of the Gulf of Carpentaria is extended to include the part of the roadstead near the Port
of Karumba, in Queensland, that extends beyond the outer limits of the territorial sea as declared by proclamation made under that section on
9 November 1990; and

(b)     the limits of that roadstead are constituted by a line:

          (i)   commencing at 17° 10¢ 00² S  140° 29¢ 00² E;

         (ii)   then running north-easterly along the geodesic to 17° 09¢ 00² S 140° 30¢ 00² E;

         (iii)   then running south-easterly along the geodesic to 17° 19¢ 30² S 140° 39¢ 00² E;

        (iv)   then running south-westerly along the geodesic to 17° 20¢ 30² S 140° 38¢ 00² E;

         (v)   then running north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement; and

(c)     for this Proclamation all geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia
on 29 August 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

DARYL WILLIAMS