Episode 47: Cockatoo Island & Lady Elliot Island

They Don't Stay Dead

What's scarier than an island full of convicts and surrounded by bull sharks? An island COVERED in tiger snakes.
This week, Alexa tells us about the interesting history of Cockatoo Island and the not-so-friendly ghosts that haunt there, and Brit gives us a science lesson on how coral can form an island and why a ghost would choose to haunt it.
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Sources for today's ep:

Cockatoo Island
https://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatoo_Island#Cockatoo_Island_Dockyard
https://navyhistory.au/cockatoo-island-an-historical-account/
https://www.facebook.com/CockatooIslandSydneyHarbour/photos/many-visitors-to-the-island-often-ask-us-why-are-there-no-cockatoos-on-cockatoo-/10154729703215005/?paipv=0&eav=AfbY921xLnt6P0Y1RPGK7PScREWMfd4Yq4IO84KTc-wYtFcEfryqndksBDJD2T5scMk&_rdr
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/e4bn7g/cockatoo_island_ghost_activity/
https://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/en/discover-and-learn/harbour-history/historical-people/minnie-mann/
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/cockatoo-island-paranormal-activity-is-rife-on-former-convict-prison-site/news-story/117c24fdfb37a9005544a3fe5844b5a6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF6g7mZNRAI&t=795s&ab_channel=HauntTV
Lady Elliot Island
https://ladyelliot.com.au/island-history/
https://ladyelliot.com.au/blog/a-historical-snapshot-of-lady-elliot-island/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/48296135832
https://debbie-johansson.com/2022/07/13/the-ghost-of-lady-elliot-island/
https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/what-load-guano-5-facts-you-didnt-know-about-bird-poop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano
https://www.facebook.com/LadyElliotIslandEcoResort/posts/don-adams-is-often-described-as-a-pioneer-aviator-innovator-conservationist-succ/1366055463420378/
https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2015/06/australia-lady-elliot-island.html
https://www.facebook.com/LadyElliotIslandEcoResort/posts/throwbackthursday-did-you-know-that-there-are-two-graves-on-ladyelliotisland-loc/3689471431078758/
Carnac Island
https://rswa.org.au/publications/journal/103/RSWA%20103%20p39-42%20Ladyman%20et%20al.pdf
https://www.9news.com.au/national/carnac-island-tiger-snakes-population-story/ac2ac027-3e11-4e71-a71a-81bdebb5ad61
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87043173
https://www.facebook.com/keepsakedigitalmedia/posts/rocky-vane-snake-performer-1929rocky-and-his-wife-annie-dot-regularly-performed-/4201994836497150/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnac_Island
https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/static/Journals/080052/080052-22.031.pdf

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