Trefoil Island

It is owned by the Trefoil Island Aboriginal Cooperative and is home to an estimated 1.5 million breeding pairs of short-tailed shearwaters, which are subject to annual muttonbirding activities.

[3] The main vegetation is silver tussock Poa poiformis with a few small patches of bracken fern Pteridium esculentum.

Albert Boyes Kay, his pregnant wife and two children attempted to return to the mainland but were thrown from the boat and drowned.

Belinda Maud, Lydia May, Albert Boys, Jane Georgina, Wintena Alberta and Robert were now entirely alone on the inhospitable island.

[6] The six siblings survived on Trefoil island for six weeks by killing livestock and keeping a rescue fire burning.

Trefoil Island seen from Cape Grim.
The island is a major breeding site for short-tailed shearwaters, or Tasmanian muttonbirds