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Do your homework.
Primary sources, official documents and research. Read the material, then make up your own mind.
Rottnest Island Golf Course Remodel
The Rottnest Island Authority’s plan, timeline and FAQs for the remodel.
Open ReportCommunity Benefits of Golf in Australia
The 2023 national study of golf’s economic, social and environmental contribution.
Open ArticleUrban golf courses are biodiversity oases
University of Melbourne researchers on the wildlife found on urban golf courses.
Open ReportGolf and Health
The R&A’s review of the scientific evidence on golf and wellbeing.
Open ClubRottnest Island Golf Club
The club behind the competitions, the charity days and the volunteers.
Open ClubRIGC Clubhouse
Hire, bookings and the clubhouse on the course.
Open OfficialWA EPA: Rottnest golf course upgrade referral
The environmental referral describing the existing 22-hectare course.
OpenA note on the numbers
We cite our sources.
Rottnest facts come from the Rottnest Island Authority and the WA EPA. National golf figures come from published industry and university research. If you find something out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
Take two minutes
One email can move a very long way.
Decisions about Rottnest are made by people who answer to voters. Tell your local Member of Parliament and the Minister responsible for the island that you want a full, public golf course kept in play.