seems a long way back to, page-9

Short positions have been taken on GXY for at least as far back as 4th Jan.

eg:............ASX reported Short Positions
04.01.11...............451K
14-01-11...............587K
31-01-11...............770K

02-02-11...............708K
14-02-11...............671K
28-02-11...............682K

03-03-11...............673K
16-03-11...............736K
30-03-11...............771K

04-04-11...............676K
14-04011...............889K
29-04-11...............727K

02-05-11...............530K
16-05-11...............828K
31-05-11...............275K

01-06-11...............360K
06-06-11...............274K

Where possible I only took the beginning, middle & end of the month. I did not check the dates in between.

While shorting is normal on many stocks, there is no indication that the reported short positions reported to ASIC started with any specific GXY event in 2011.

Cheers
Moorookamick