Talk:West Wallabi Island

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Did you know... that remnants of defensive walls and stone shelters on West Wallabi Island, constructed by survivors of the 1629 Batavia shipwreck, are the oldest known European-built structures in Australia?

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Two matters

Please give some idea of the size of this island.
I notice that the geographical features (points etc) all have red links. Is it possible that articles are going to be created about every feature on a small and little-known island? Probably not. If this is the case, it would be better to delete the red links, and describe the geography of the island in a little more detail. I don't think that a whole article on each point is warranted, unless they are a significant landmark, or the site of a significant historic event. Amandajm (talk) 03:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- "Is it possible that articles are going to be created about every feature on a small and little-known island?" You mean like North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)? Hesperian 04:53, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]