Table of Contents
Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1: Willis Island Today
Chapter 2: Willis Island is Conceived
Chapter 3: Willis Island is Born
Chapter 4: The Early Years
Chapter 5: Life in the 1930s
Chapter 6: Willis Island at War (194142)
Chapter 7: After the War
Chapter 8: Willis Island1960s Style
Chapter 9: The Value of Willis Island
Chapter 10: The Original Inhabitants
Appendix 1: Willis Island Milestones
Appendix 2: Willis Island Officers
Appendix 3: Log of Willis Island Observations, December 1922
Appendix 4: References
Index
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This life-size mural, drawn on a bedroom wall at Willis Island prior to 1927, is certainly not one of the original inhabitants. Although many early visitors may have arrived on Willis Island with dreams of being Robinson Crusoe, clearly, at least one had other dreams. (Photograph courtesy of Eric Riethmuller)
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The ever present terns on Willis Island
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