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FRENCH ISLAND POET’S CORNER<br />
French Island<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY<br />
History<br />
school<br />
WHEREVER<br />
Wherever you go<br />
My heart with you<br />
Will go<br />
Whenever your soul<br />
Tries to reach mine<br />
My soul will reach across<br />
And touch yours<br />
Through space and time<br />
And your heart will be<br />
At one with mine<br />
As my body will know<br />
I am one with you<br />
Wherever you go<br />
Submissions welcome, particularly from<br />
school children.<br />
Email: editor@waterlinenews.com.au<br />
Paula Seymour<br />
BOOKS<br />
Graham Patterson’s book, Coastal Guide to nature and history 2<br />
which features quite a lot of information on<br />
French Island is available by contacting<br />
Graham at:<br />
Coastal Guide Books<br />
36 Heather Grove<br />
Briar Hill, Vic, 3088<br />
Phone (03) 9432 0163<br />
Email:<br />
info@coastalguidebooks.net.au<br />
Website:<br />
www.coastalguidebooks.net.au<br />
Happy Birthday Priscilla (born 159 years ago!)<br />
Priscilla Winifred Pickersgill was born on<br />
July 9, 1857 on French Island, the first white<br />
child born there – as far as we know.<br />
Her parents were Samuel and Winifred, who<br />
moved to the island in 1856, where Samuel<br />
was indentured to work as a shepherd for four<br />
years to Alexander McCallum, manager of the French Island<br />
Station. From 1847 to 1870, the whole of the island was leased as<br />
a sheep station, carrying up to 11,000 sheep. When Samuel’s<br />
indenture was completed in 1860, the family moved to Churchill<br />
Island, the first white settlers there. They had three children born<br />
on Churchill Island, who were the first white children born there!<br />
In 1866, they moved to Griffith’s Point (present day San Remo),<br />
remaining in the area until Winifred died in 1891. Their<br />
descendants, the Grayden family are still living on Phillip Island<br />
today.<br />
Chris Chandler<br />
Saltmarsh communities<br />
Much of French Island’s coast is bordered by saltmarsh<br />
communities that are composed of semi-aquatic, salt tolerant<br />
plants species. These salt marshes are of national significance due<br />
to their vastness, richness in plant species and because they are a<br />
feeding ground for many waterbirds.<br />
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