Grantham Island
Grantham Island is located in South Australia Grantham Island Grantham Island | |
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Grantham Island is an uninhabited island occupying 51 hectares of Proper Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.[1] The nearest geographical feature on the mainland is Murray Point, which is also undeveloped. The island was named by explorer Matthew Flinders on 25 February 1802, after the municipal and parliamentary borough of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.[2] It lies 3 kilometres south of the Port Lincoln marina and is well vegetated.
History
[edit ]In 1874, yachtsmen described Grantham Island as hosting "an abundance of rabbits... of all shades of colour." At the time, the island was covered with mallee and other scrub. The yachtsmen had gone ashore to shoot rabbits and "other sport". One man came across a "native pheasant" which "soared majestically away" after being shot at. The party also amused themselves by lassoing penguins and setting them in the water racing.[3]
In the 1880s, Arthur Searcy had an encounter with a wallaby on the island, which he speculated had swum over from the mainland.[4]
In 1885, the South Australian Yacht Club stopped there to collect firewood.[5]
In December 1909, the Flinders Brass Band arranged a picnic to Grantham Island. About 100 people attended and arrived by motor and sailing boats.[6]
In February 1910, a fire was started on Grantham Island and became unmanageable. It spread over the whole island and after the fire, 'not a bush' remained. No stock were on the island at the time.[7]
In 1937, the 28 ft cutter Sylvia was wrecked in Port Lincoln harbour on returning from a picnic on Grantham Island. The steamer Iron Monarch was going astern from the jetty when the cutter passed behind it to inspect the vessel. Sylvia was sucked into Iron Monarch's propeller and sank immediately. Two men clung to the rudder of Iron Monarch's propeller while is turned, while the other four aboard climbed into a dinghy which had been towed behind the cutter. The six occupants of the cutter all survived.[8] [9]
In 1939 The Lands Department advised that Grantham Island would shortly be gazetted for lease. In the meantime, monthly occupation was granted to A. S. Crawford.[10]
References
[edit ]- ^ Map of Grantham Island, SA Bonzle. Accessed 2014年01月20日.
- ^ Grantham Island Wikimapia. Accessed 2014年01月20日.
- ^ "Sporting News. Cruise of the Zephyr to Port Lincoln." South Australian Chronicle & Weekly Mail, South Australia (1874年01月24日)
- ^ "ISLANDS OF THE WEST COAST". Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). 1925年09月02日. p. 5. Retrieved 2020年07月09日.
- ^ "Aquatics. S.A. Yacht Club" South Australian Weekly Chronicle, South Australia (1885年05月16日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.
- ^ "Port Lincoln." Chronicle, South Australia (1909年01月09日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.
- ^ "Port Lincoln." Chronicle, South Australia (1910年03月05日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.
- ^ "Cutter Sunk - Drawn Under Stern of Steamer - Occupants Escape" The Mercury, Tasmania (1937年08月31日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.
- ^ "Party Wanted to See Steamer - Two Men Cling to Rudder" The Recorder, Port Pirie, South Australia (1937年08月31日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.
- ^ "Lincoln District Council - Meeting Held July 7" Port Lincoln Times, South Australia (1939年07月13日). Retrieved 2014年01月24日.