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Shark Island is an island located within
The island has been the site of drownings, shipwrecks, and at least one shark attack. In 1877,
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Islands of Sydney
Sydney Harbour
Sydney localities
Sydney Harbour National Park
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Sydney Harbour
Port Jackson, commonly known as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, natural harbour on the east coast of Australia, around which Sydney was built. It consists of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove River, Lane ...
, in New South Wales
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, Australia. The island is in area, measuring some 250 metres by 100 metres, and lies off the Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
suburbs of Point Piper
Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.
Location
The suburb of Point Piper sits ...
, Rose Bay and Vaucluse
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, 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, and the current name comes from its shape, which is claimed to resemble a shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...
. Shark Island Light
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.
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is an active pile lighthouse
A pile lighthouse is a type of lighthouse found in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. In the United States they are found primarily in Florida, including on open reefs adjacent to the Florida Keys.
The pile lighthouses on the reefs ...
located just north of Shark Island. Its light is only visible from within the harbour’s fairway between Shark Point and Point Piper
Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.
Location
The suburb of Point Piper sits ...
.
History
The island has been the site of drownings, shipwrecks, and at least one shark attack. In 1877, Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er and cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er George Coulthard
George Coulthard (1 August 1856 – 22 October 1883) was an Australian cricketer, umpire and Australian rules footballer.
Born and raised on a farm outside Melbourne, Victoria, Coulthard helped lead the Carlton Football Club to premiership succ ...
, while sitting in a boat anchored offshore, was pulled overboard by a large shark. Coulthard managed to return to the boat, and his attack and escape were widely reported.
Parts of the island were set aside as a recreation reserve as early as 1879. It was also used as an animal quarantine station
A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been ...
and naval depot until 1975. At that time it became exclusively a recreation reserve and part of the Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an List of national parks of Australia, Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The national park lies in New South Wales and was created progr ...
. Approved operators and a scheduled ferry service can take people to the island.David Messent (1994). ''The Complete Guide to Sydney Harbour'', , page 130.
Archaeologist Mary Harfield was born on the island.
See also
*Bradleys Head
Bradleys Head is a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour, within the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after the First Fleet naval officer William Bradley. The original Aboriginal inhabi ...
* Clark Island (New South Wales)
Clark Island is a small island in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, near the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The island is part of the Sydney Harbour National Park and lies offshore the Sydney suburb of Darling Point, New South Wales, Darling P ...
* Dobroyd Head
Dobroyd Head is a point or headland in the Northern Beaches local government area, in the suburb of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, which contains examples of ecosystems at risk such ...
* Goat Island
* Sow and Pigs Reef
Sow and Pigs Reef is a rocky reef in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Quee ...
* Sydney Heads
The Sydney Heads (also simply known as the Heads) are a series of headlands that form the wide entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. North Head and Quarantine Head are to the north; South Head and Dunbar Head are to ...
* Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an List of national parks of Australia, Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The national park lies in New South Wales and was created progr ...
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