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Shark Island
Shark Island is an island located within Sydney Harbour , in New South Wales , Australia. The island is 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) in area,[1] Sydney suburbs of Point Piper , Rose Bay and Vaucluse , in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. The island was known by the local Aboriginal people as Boambilly ,[2] shark .[3] Shark Island Light is an active pile lighthouse located just north of Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour , New South Wales , Australia . Its light is only visible on in the fairway of the harbour, between Shark Point and Point Piper . [4]
History [ edit ]
Cricketer and Australian rules footballer George Coulthard was attacked by a shark off Shark Island in 1877.
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]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ 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.
^ Sydney Harbour National Park Culture & history Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine National Parks and Wildlife Service (as at 21 March 2006)
^ New weekend ferry service for Sydney Harbour's Shark Island Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine National Parks and Wildlife Service press release 11 April 2003
^ David Messent (1994). The Complete Guide to Sydney Harbour , ISBN 0-646-17888-1 , page 130.
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