Grindal Island

GeographyLocationSpencer GulfAdministration

Australia

Grindal Island (also referred to as Garden Island) is a 90-hectare (220-acre) island of the Taylor Islands group, located between the Jussieu Peninsula and Thistle Island near the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It was purchased by G. Dorwald in 1895.^[1] It has been used for the grazing of sheep. According to Captain R.R. Tapley of the Martindale, in the 1890s the island was home to hundreds of Cape Barren geese. "Buggy wheel tracks" were also visible, which he learnt were actually rat pads. In 1936 he reflected on his experiences 40 years prior, stating: "The rats suddenly disappeared, and have not been seen since. They used to run over everything and everybody at night".^[2]

References

^ "Land sales." South Australian Register, South Australia (1895-06-14). Retrieved 2014-01-29.
^ "Out among the people - Where did the rats come from?" Chronicle, South Australia (1936-01-30). Retrieved 2014-01-29.

Islands of South Australia

West coast of Eyre Peninsula

Generally	Avoid Bay Islands Black Rocks Sudden Jerk Baird Bay Jones Unnamed Cap Eba Germein Greenly Liguanea Neptune Islands Nicolas Baudin Nuyts Reef Olive Pigface Price Purdie Rocky Island (north) Rocky Island (south) Sinclair Curta Rocks Whidbey Isles Four Hummocks Perforated Price Island Golden Williams
Investigator Group	Flinders Pearson Isles Pearson Dorothee Veteran Isles Topgallant Waldegrave Islands Ward Islands
Nuyts Archipelago	Blefescu Breakwater Evans Eyre Franklin Gliddon Reef Goat Isles of St Francis Dog Egg Fenelon Freeling Hart Masillon Smooth St Francis West Lacy Lounds Lilliput Purdie Islands St Peter

Spencer Gulf

Generally	Bicker Isles Bird Boston Curlew Entrance Gambier Islands Wedge Grantham Goose Green Lipson Louth Rabbit Shag Tumby Wardang Weeroona
Jussieu Peninsula coastline	Carcase Rock Donington Grindall Hopkins Lewis Little Owen Smith Taylor Thistle
Sir Joseph Banks Group	Blyth Boucaut Dalby Dangerous Reef Duffield English Hareby Kirkby Langton Lusby Marum Partney Reevesby Roxby Seal Rock Sibsey Spilsby Stickney Winceby
Pondalowie Bay	Royston Middle South

Investigator Strait

Althorpe Islands
- Althorpe
- Haystack
- Seal
Chinamans Hat

Kangaroo Island

Main article	Kangaroo Island
Nepean Bay	Beatrice Islets Busby Islet Pelican Lagoon Islets
West and south coasts	Casuarina Islets Douglas Rock Lipson Reef Nobby Islet North Rock Paisley Islet Pelorus Islet South West Rock Unnamed island (Hanson Bay) Young Rock