"[1] On 29 June 1882, the Government approved of a recommendation to construct a magazine for powder and a smaller one for dynamite at Port Augusta to be placed on Curlew Island.

[2] In July 1889, the first load of sea shells removed from Curlew Island was shipped to Port Pirie for use at the smelters.

[7] On 28 March 1878 the steamer Governor Musgrave en route to Port Augusta ran aground opposite Curlew Island.

[9] On 14 March 1894, the steamer Melbourne, loaded with coal, ran aground at the Double Beacon near Curlew Island.

[10] On 18 February 1930 BHP's steamer Iron Monarch ran aground on a sandbank inside No.6 Beacon near Curlew Island while en route to Port Augusta.

[11] After it was realized that the vessel would not float on the rising tide, tugs and barges were sent from Port Pirie to unload the cargo and transship it to its destination.

After unloading 1,600 tonnes of cargo,[12] the vessel was freed on 27 February, only to demolish a beacon and strand again on another sand bank 18 kilometres (11 miles) out from Port Augusta (Commissariat Point).