Shark Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies offshore of the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Point Piper is an exclusive suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Rose Bay is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, located five kilometers to the east of the central business district of Sydney. ... Vaucluse is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the main crossing of Sydney Harbour carrying vehicular, rail, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. ...

The local aboriginal peoples call the island Boambilly, or perhaps Bo-a-millie.^[1] The name Shark Island is from its shape, which is claimed to resemble a shark.^[2] See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ... Orders Carcharhiniformes Heterodontiformes Hexanchiformes Lamniformes Orectolobiformes Pristiophoriformes Squaliformes Squatiniformes Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton[1] and a streamlined body. ...

The island measures some 250 metres by 100 metres. Parts were set aside as a recreation reserve as early as 1879 and it was also used as an animal quarantine station and naval depot up until 1975. At that time it became exclusively a recreation reserve and part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. Approved operators and a scheduled ferry service take people to the island.^[3][4][5] 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Quarantine, a medical term (from Italian: quaranta giorni, forty days) is the act of keeping people or animals separated for a period of time before, for instance, allowing them to enter another country. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Parts of Sydney Harbour, its foreshores and various islands make up a national park. ...

References

1. ^ Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney place names chart at the Living Harbour project of the Australian Museum
2. ^ Sydney Harbour National Park - Park Maps, New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (as at 9 September 2005)
3. ^ Sydney Harbour National Park Culture & history, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (as at 21 March 2006)
4. ^ New weekend ferry service for Sydney Harbour's Shark Island, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service press release 11 April 2003
5. ^ David Messent (1994). The Complete Guide to Sydney Harbour, ISBN 0-646-17888-1, page 130.

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