Spilsby Island is one of the largest islands in the Sir Joseph Banks Group in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. It is privately owned, has no permanent human residents and is grazed by sheep.[1] The island was used for the breeding of sheep by James Hunter Kerrison,[2] then for the breeding of horses, sheep, pigs and cattle by W. E. Scruby in the early 20th century.[3][4] Shearers travelled to the island to shear the sheep.[5] The island's soil has been enriched by the deposition of guano by seabirds.[6] Land allotments and a few shacks are concentrated along the northern coast of the island. Butterfish Bay is on the northern coast and Hawknest Bay is on the eastern coast.[7]
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