Westall, William. Drawings by William Westall. - Plate 16.
Plate 16. 'Thistle Island.'
Thistle Island lies at the entrance to Spencer Gulf, and was named after the Master of the Investigator, John Thistle. While Flinders conducted his survey on the island, Thistle took the ship's cutter with 6 crew and the midshipman William Taylor, to cross to the adjacent mainland to search for water. Returning to the ship the cutter and all eight men were lost in the surf. Despite searching for several days, no trace of the men was found apart from a little wreckage. Flinders named the island in memory of Thistle, and adjoining islands after each of the others who died there.
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