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Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

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For thousands of years the small island at the southernmost tip of the Great Barrier Reef was alive with cacophonous birdsong.

Lady Elliot Island, pictured in 1973, was left bare for a century after guano mining.
Lady Elliot Island, pictured in 1973, was left bare for a century after guano mining.

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