Named after Dirk Hartog...the Dutch sea captain who first discovered this 50 mile bit of land off the coast of Western Australia. He called it Eendrachtsland after his ship Eendracht meaning "Unity".
Mostly sand dunes and scrub and devoid of rabbits, this island was used mainly as a sheep station. At one time over 20,000 of them grazed its 240 square miles. That is about 83 sheep per square mile for the mathematicians amongst us.
Now the sheep are gone. The Island is a Nature Preserve and tourists have taken their place.
https://youtu.be/VU4uqDY6FS0
This island was featured in Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok movie...the death scene where Thor and Loki and Odin are looking off the cliff onto the sea may seem familiar to you.
The preserve is intended to be used, now, as a breeding grounds for endangered species.
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