Stickney Island

Stickney Island
	Aerial view of Stickney Island
Waters	Great Australian Bay
Archipelago	Sir Joseph Banks Islands
Geographical location	34 ° 41 ′ S , 136 ° 16 ′ E Coordinates: 34 ° 41 ′ S , 136 ° 16 ′ E
length	1.85 km
width	900 m
surface	70 ha
Highest elevation	30 m
Residents	uninhabited

Stickney Island is an island in the Spencer Gulf in southern Australia in the state of South Australia . It belongs to the Sir Joseph Banks Islands group and is administered by the Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park .

The island was named on February 21, 1802 by Matthew Flinders after a Lincolnshire village .

geography

Stickney Island is about 13 miles east of the Eyre Peninsula . The closest larger island is Spilsby Island , about 6 kilometers to the east. The shape of the island is determined by two bays , with the larger bay in the southeast of the island extending to a pronounced headland, called Linklater Point . Apart from the two bays, the seabed around the island drops steeply.

Flora and fauna

The island is partly covered with bushland, mainly consisting of Nitraria billardierei and Atriplex paludosa . Most of the island is made up of open grasslands , however , as the island was often used in the past as a supplementary grazing area for sheep from the nearby Spilsby Island .

The vegetation is also kept low by a population of chinchilla rabbits . These rabbits were released by one of the island's tenants who hoped to use them to supplement his income with meat and skins. In addition to sheep and rabbits, cattle and horses were also kept on the island in the past .

There are also various species of birds, such as the common starling . In addition, up to 67 nests of chicken geese were found in the 1970s and 1980s .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 259–260 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 146 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 4, 2019]).
^ Matthew Flinders: A voyage to Terra Australis . S. 134 (English, archive.org [accessed August 4, 2019]).
^ Feral animals on offshore islands database. (XLSX; 261 kB) Department of the Environment, February 2016, accessed on August 4, 2019 .
^ AC Robinson, LB Delroy: Monitoring of cape barren goose populations in South Australia . Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide September 1986, p. 46–48 (English, asn.au [PDF; 311 kB ; accessed on August 4, 2019]).

[SAOI259-1] A ^b ^c ^d ^e Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 259–260 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).

[SAOI146-2] Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 146 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 4, 2019]).

[3] Matthew Flinders: A voyage to Terra Australis . S. 134 (English, archive.org [accessed August 4, 2019]).

[4] Feral animals on offshore islands database. (XLSX; 261 kB) Department of the Environment, February 2016, accessed on August 4, 2019 .

[5] AC Robinson, LB Delroy: Monitoring of cape barren goose populations in South Australia . Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide September 1986, p. 46–48 (English, asn.au [PDF; 311 kB ; accessed on August 4, 2019]).