[4] “Sealers,” and their Aboriginal partners, are reported living, intermittently, on the island from the 1820s.

When Robinson visited the island in November 1830, he found there George Robinson (no relation) and James Everett and their Aboriginal “wives.”[5] Captain Pasco of the survey vessel Vansittart visited in 1842 and found John Anderson (alias “Abyssinia Jack”) in residence with his family.

There used to be a large short-tailed shearwater colony on the western side of the island until the early 20th century, when it was destroyed through the introduction of pigs, which dug up the burrows and ate the eggs and chicks.

[2] In 2017 it was proposed that houses were built on Anderson Island, due to the conservation status though this never occurred as it would likely damage the sooty oystercatcher colony.

The proposal was to include parks, beaches, shops, schools and room for 500 people, significantly upping the population of the Flinders Island Region.