ours would tend to check the accumulation in proportion to each boat bringing off upwards of 100 dozen eggs at a three hours gleaning!
'Capital Of The Gay And Lesbian Kingdom Of The Coral Sea Islands
Cato Island is the purported capital of Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands,an unrecognized Micronation founded to protest Australia's disregard of same-sex marriages.
Guano mining
On 27 October 1862, the British government granted an exclusive concession to exploit the guano on Lady Elliot Island, Wreck Reefs, Swain Reefs, Raine Island, Bramble Cay, Brampton Shoal, and Pilgrim Island to the Anglo-Australian Guano Company organised by the whaler, Dr. W.L. Crowther in Hobart, Tasmania. They were apparently most active on Bird Islet (Wreck Reefs) and Lady Elliot and Raine Islands, losing five ships at Bird Islet between 186l and 1882
