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First called Bauche Island by a colleague of
De Freycinet
it was re-named Garden Island by
James Stirling.
It was thought that it was named when the first garden for the
colony was established there but research now indicates that
he named the island on his first exploratory trip when some livestock were let
loose and some seeds planted in the hopes of providing for future visitors.
(The Aboriginal name for the island was Meeandip.) From the 1920s it was used mostly for recreation with a holiday settlement being established at Careening Bay. A ferry service operated to the island for a number of years.
The causeway to the island was completed in 1973.
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