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[Footnote 111: Beeren Eylandt, afterward called Barren Island, lay east of Coney Island, between it and Jamaica Bay.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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They passed safely through the ripples of the shoals above Barren Island, a great place for channel cat when the water was lower.
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Gordon Stuart
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The only place of note they passed on the voyage being Barren Island; they had a full view of its volcano, which is a cone thrown up from a valley.
The Wreck on the Andamans Joseph Darvall
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On the north side of the Cape the shore is a low sandy beach, and trends north-eastward three or four miles; but whether there be sufficient depth for ships to pass between it and Barren Island, has not, I believe, been yet ascertained.
A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne
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Down below was a court filled with coal boxes and old barrels, and perfumed like the lee side of Barren Island.
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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"And after that boat-ride from France he would have said so if it had been Barren Island, or any other place-just so long as it was free from earthquakes and didn't roll none," Abe agreed.
Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things Montague Glass 1905
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Watering Island bore south by east distant 22 or 24 miles: Barren Island west by south distant 6 or 7 miles: high hummocks of land west distant about 9 miles.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904
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We touched at Barren Island, and obtained a large quantity of sea birds 'eggs, but they were mostly rotten; but this did not prevent our making omelets of them, for we were now with only three days' provisions on board at half allowance, and the calm still continued.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840
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The coal carrier has since been refloated and towed to safe anchorage yesterday north to Barren Island off central Queensland.
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The coal carrier has since been refloated and towed to safe anchorage yesterday north to Barren Island off central Queensland.
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