Dolphin Island is an island situated in the Dampier Archipelago in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Visitors are able to camp within 100 metres (328 ft) of the high water mark on all of the beaches on the island except for the south eastern side.
The Dampier Archipelago is a group of 42 islands near the town of Dampier in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
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The passage is named after the 33-ton coastal schooner Flying Foam,[2] which disappeared without trace in March 1872.[3] Its name is, however, most prominently associated with the 1868 massacre of indigenous Australians in the area.
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The passage is a significant site of vessels lost.[4]
↑ Dickson, Rod (1994) Ships registered in Western Australia from 1856: their details, their owners and their fate Fremantle, W.A: Western Australian Maritime Museum Report (Western Australian Maritime Museum. Dept. of Maritime Archaeology) ; no. 80. v. 1 1856-1884
↑ Murray, Ian, with Marion Hercock (2008) Where on the coast is that? Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press. ISBN978-0-85905-452-2. page 107
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