Stickney Island is an uninhabited island of the Sir Joseph Banks Group located in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
The island was named after a town in Lincolnshire by Captain Matthew Flinders during his explorations of the South Australian coast in HMS Investigator.
In the 1800s, Stickney Island was visited by shooters and fishers.[1] In 1885, a lease was offered for grazing and cultivation purposes on Stickney Island.[2] The lease was taken up by J. Sawyer.[3] In 1906, Stickney Island was leased by R. Sawyer, who also leased Roxby Island.[4]
The shipwrecked crew of the cutter Jessie was found there in September 1903, having survived on a diet of fish alone. Their vessel had been inundated during rough seas and sank while the crew was ashore.[5]
In 1939, Zane Grey caught a Great white shark in the waters surrounding Stickney and Spilsby Islands.[6] In the 1930s, fishermen caught sweep and whiting in the waters off Stickney Island.[7]
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