Shark Island (Port Jackson)
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Shark Island is an island located within
History
The island has been the site of drownings, shipwrecks, and at least one shark attack, when, in 1877, Australian rules footballer and cricketer George Coulthard was sitting in a boat anchored offshore and was pulled overboard by a large shark. Coulthard managed to return to the boat, his attack and escape were widely reported.
Parts of the island were set aside as a recreation reserve as early as 1879 and it was also used as an animal quarantine station and naval depot until 1975. At that time it became exclusively a recreation reserve and part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. Approved operators and a scheduled ferry service can take people to the island.[5][6][7]
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See also
- Bradleys Head
- Clark Island (New South Wales)
- Dobroyd Head
- Goat Island
- Sow and Pigs Reef
- Sydney Heads
- Sydney Harbour National Park
References
- ^ "Sydney Harbour National Park Shark Island". National Parks and Wildlife Service. NSW Government. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Shark Island, Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Sydney Harbour National Park - Park Maps Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (as at 9 September 2005)
- ^ Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.
- National Parks and Wildlife Service(as at 21 March 2006)
- National Parks and Wildlife Servicepress release 11 April 2003
- ISBN 0-646-17888-1, page 130.
External links
- Catie Gilchrist (2014). "Shark Island". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2015. [CC-By-SA]
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