12 Facts About Rottnest Island

Together with Garden Island, Rottnest Island is a remnant of Pleistocene dune ridges.

Rottnest Island was first documented by Willem de Vlamingh in 1696, who called it 't Eylandt 't Rottenest after the quokka population.

Rottnest Island is an unincorporated area with no local government, subject to direct administration by the government of Western Australia.

Aboriginal people who refused assignment were sent to Rottnest Island to be "civilised", and were used in chain-gangs to perform hard labour including farming, quarrying, and collecting salt.

Rottnest Island is one of the few areas in the world where the native quokka can be found.

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The Rottnest Island daisy is a commonly occurring flowering native which is grown widely as an ornamental garden plant.

Rottnest Island was often described as heavily wooded by early explorers.

Rottnest Island has a Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers and mild wet winters.

Rottnest Island became largely devoted to recreational use from the 1900s, aside from a brief period of exclusive military use during World War II.

Rottnest Island has few permanent residents, with most island workers commuting from the mainland.

In 1996, Rottnest Island introduced the first public place recycling program in Western Australia.

Rottnest Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services, this brigade is a "private brigade" where the RIA funds critical funding to allow the brigade to function.