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The Port Lincoln Times is a newspaper published twice-weekly in Port Lincoln, South Australia. It was first printed in August 1927, and has been published continuously ever since. It was later sold to Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media.
Spilsby Island is one of the largest islands in the Sir Joseph Banks Group in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It is privately owned, has no permanent human residents and is grazed by sheep. The island was used for the breeding of sheep by James Hunter Kerrison, then for the breeding of horses, sheep, pigs and cattle by W. E. Scruby in the early 20th century. Shearers travelled to the island to shear the sheep. The island's soil has been enriched by the deposition of guano by seabirds. Land allotments and a few shacks are concentrated along the northern coast of the island. Butterfish Bay is on the northern coast and Hawknest Bay is on the eastern coast.
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- ↑ "Tumby Bay Author, Eric Kotz". Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "SA diver looks at history of interaction between humans and great white sharks". ABC News. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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