for apart from the bald letters on the cross there is nothing to show the why and wherefore of this solitary resting spot. Later in 1928 Although it is a few years since he paid a visit there Mr. Barton states that the grave near the old shed is that of an infant, about eighteen months old. He also stated that he had been informed that an adult, who died from the effects of a bite from a sea snake, was buried on the island. In 1929 There has, been reference in the papers to a grave with a cross with the letters T.J.G. cut in it out on North West Island, the identity of the occupant being unknown. The remains of a man named Tom Galviui, or Galeon, a red-shirt of Garibaldi, are there. The rest, a shark carried away as he was wading out on the reef to a dinghy In 1966 North West Island became internationally famous when US newspapers published a story called Tarzan Terri''e' about a 19 year old typist from Brisbane who moved to the remote North West Island alone in the Great Barrier Reef to study marine life. American newspapers of the day ran headlines declaring: "Gay Nature girl gambols Down Under" describing the teenager as a "bikini-clad nature nymph". The stories described her living in a hut near the beach in her "leopard-skin mini-bikini". "To eat she stalks wild fowls, dives for seafood and grows vegetables in the island's rich soils," the report said. Terry's response to the attention was "I came here to think and study fish — it's everything I've ever wanted to do". In September 2009, Jacob Lollback died while spearfishing off North West Island. In mid April 2010, it was suspected that the 2010 Great Barrier Reef oil spill had reached North West Island. Small globules of oil were found along a 1 km long section of a beach. Clean-up crews were removing the oil by 14 April. A Maritime Safety Queensland spokesperson doubted the oil could have arrived on the island from the MV Shen Neng 1 so quickly, claiming the oil was from an earlier spill.Fatal Shark Attack''' 6 April 2020. A man has died following a shark attack off the Queensland coast. The 23-year-old man was swimming with a group of friends off North West Island, around 75 kilometres east of Gladstone. Queensland Police said