See also: Rat Island (disambiguation)
Aerial view of Rat Island | |
Rat IslandLocation in Australia | |
Geography | |
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Location | Indian Ocean |
Coordinates | 28°42′54.9″S 113°47′05.3″E / 28.715250°S 113.784806°E / -28.715250; 113.784806 |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Western Australia |
Rat Island is an island off the coast of Western Australia. It is a part of the Easter Group of the Houtman Abrolhos.
It has been identified as a significant bird site.
Transport
The jetty at the island had a railway line in the early 1900s, that had been utilized for some time during the exploitation of guano and lime deposits.
Rat Island is the location of Albrohos Rat Island Airport (ICAO: YRAT).
References
- "The recovery of Rat Island following the eradication of introduced predators" (PDF).
- "The Abrolhos". The West Australian. Vol. 2, no. 278. Western Australia. 9 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Abrolhos Islands Excursions". Geraldton Guardian. Vol. VI, no. 745. Western Australia. 9 December 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The Abrolhos Islands From the Scientific Side. (2 August 1909)", The Lone hand, 5 (28), W. McLeod]: 29, 2 August 1909, retrieved 5 August 2024
- "No Title". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Vol. XVII, no. 864. Western Australia. 6 June 1911. p. 20. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The Abrolhos". The West Australian. Vol. XXIII, no. 6, 774. Western Australia. 7 December 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (5 June 2008), Abrolhos birds, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 30 July 2024
- Carter, Ryan (1 January 2023), Island meltdown: Demise of the Abrolhos painted button-quail Turnix varius scintillans in the face of multiple threats, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, retrieved 30 July 2024
- "A Guano Depot". The Daily Telegraph. No. 3363. New South Wales, Australia. 11 April 1890. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- Smith, Frank Derwent (1925), Fishing boats and stone railway jetty at Rat Island, Houtman Abrolhos, retrieved 5 August 2024
- "The Abrolhos Islands". Victorian Express. Vol. IX, no. 22. Western Australia. 5 February 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ""Abri vossos olhos" to the Abrolhos", Australian fisheries, 29 (6), Fisheries Branch, Dept. of Primary Industry]: 5, 1 June 1970, ISSN 0004-9115