Rottnest Island | Thursday 28 March 2013
Known to local Aboriginal people as Wadjemup, the Island is believed to be a place of spirits and is of significance to Aboriginal communities
Rottnest Island got its name in 1696 when Willem de Vlamingh landed there and found an animal that was a 'kind of rat, as big as a common cat'. He called the island "Rottnest" which literally means 'Rats Nest'. We know these a small marsupials today as quokkas
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