of Cape York Peninsula , Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait , ThursdayIsland has an area of about convert 3.5 km2 . The highest point on ThursdayIsland, standing at convert 104 m ft 0 above ... Island Communities ThursdayIsland Portal Queensland Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 142.220 lat 10.579 ...Refimprove date January 2008 Infobox Australian place type town name ThursdayIsland state qld image ThursdayIsland.JPG caption View of the Township of ThursdayIsland lga Shire of Torres latd 10 latm ... dist3 540 location3 Port Moresby , Papua New Guinea ThursdayIsland , also known as TI or Waiben ... , ThursdayIsland had a population of 2,546. ref name Census2006Y Census 2006 AUS id UCL355200 name ThursdayIsland Urban Centre Locality accessdate 25 June 2011 quick on ref History The island has ... by the Queensland Government and by 1883 over 200 pearling vessels were based on the island. ref name age http www.theage.com.au travel travel factsheet thursdayisland culture and history 20081125 ... depths were not great, except at the Darnley Deep near Darnley IslandQueensland Darnley or Erub Island ... Historical Society, ThursdayIsland. ref Today the church is called All Souls and St Bartholomew Church ... Customs.jpg left thumb 250px Customs House on ThursdayIsland . Local pearling declined steadily ... II , ThursdayIsland became the military headquarters for the Torres Strait and was a base for Australian ... on the island. However, neighbouring Horn Island, Queensland Horn Island was extensively bombed. There was an airbase ... Strait islands, including ThursdayIsland, remained part of Australia http www.mabonativetitle.com ... Maugham and Banjo Paterson . Climate Weather box location ThursdayIsland metric first Yes single ... is the dominant language spoken on ThursdayIsland by the Islanders, followed by Kala Lagaw Ya ... in education for the Torres Strait. ThursdayIsland has number of services open to the community ... references External links commons category ThursdayIsland http publib.slq.qld.gov.au footprints ... more details
other Coconut Island disambiguation Coconut Island Poruma Island, Puruma in the local language is an island 130km northeast of ThursdayIsland, QueenslandThursdayIsland , Queensland , Australia in the Great North East Channel near Cumberland Passage , Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . The population of the island is about 180 inhabitants. The ancestors of Coconut Island built their houses out of grass, coconut leaves and trees that floated down from the Fly River jungles of Papua New Guinea . The islands have sea turtle hatcheries, bird life, giant clam ground, huge palms, World War II relics and massive sand flats. Language The language of Puruma is the Kulkalgau Ya dialect of Kala Lagaw Ya . See also Coconut Island Airport External links http www.poruma.com The Poruma resort Portal Queensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Coconut Island ... more details
File Prince of wales island torres strait cape york queensland australia.jpg thumb alt Prince of Wales Island, Cape York, Australia. Prince of Wales Island. For other islands named after the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales Island disambiguation Prince of Wales Island Infobox islands name Prince of Wales Island image name TorresStraitIslandsMap.png image caption Muralug on map image size locator map ... IslandQueensland native name http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 ... major islands Prince of Wales Island, ThursdayIsland area km2 204.6 length km 19.5 width km 18.6 ... POWIsland.shtml Page of the Council relating to Prince of Wales Island Portal Queensland 1stVoyageCookAus DEFAULTSORT Prince Of Wales IslandQueensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland ... and territories of Australia State country admin divisions flag Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Shire country admin divisions 1 Shire of Torres country admin divisions title 2 Island Region ... info largest island of the Torres Strait Islands Prince of Wales Island Muralug Island is an island convert 20 km mi abbr on north of Muttee Heads which is adjacent to Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait and south of ThursdayIsland . With an area of convert 204.6 km sqmi 0 abbr on , Prince of Wales Island is the largest of the Torres Strait Islands . Being inhabited only by a few Kaurareg families ..., after the native name of the island. The northeastern corner of the island, Kiwain Point, is only convert 830 m yd 0 abbr on away from Vivien Point of ThursdayIsland , the main and most populous of the Torres Strait Islands, separated by Normanby Sound . Muralag or Muralug Island, also known as Prince ... been returned to the Kaurareg People , who are the traditional owners of the island. See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland Coord 10.684 142.185 format dms type ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Horn Island state qld image Horn Island.JPG caption View of Horn Island from ThursdayIsland lga Shire of Torres postcode 4875 est pop 585 pop footnotes ref name ... in 1802. After the 1871 massacre on Prince of Wales IslandQueensland Prince of Wales Island Muralag ... ThursdayIsland became scarce. Horn Island is the site of Horn Island Airport , which also serves ThursdayIsland. Therefore it is a gateway for travellers to the mainland and outer islands. The present ... islanders. Residents travel daily by ferry across the Ellis Channel to ThursdayIsland for work ... reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au horn island University of QueenslandQueensland ... communities Category Far North Queensland Category Torres Strait Island culture Category Torres ... district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichhardt dist1 dir1 location1 Horn Island Narupai N rupai Nurupai is an island in the Torres Strait , in Queensland s north between the Australia n mainland and Papua New Guinea . At the 2006 Census in Australia census , Horn Island had a population of 585. ref name ABS Census 2006 AUS id UCL327850 name Horn Island L Urban Centre Locality ... the Anglican Church assumed responsibility. What date January 2012 Horn Island is known as N rupai colloquially ... to Hammond Island K riri , where they remained until 1922. These islands along with the other islands in the group are the lands of the Kaurareg, each island or rather parts thereof owned by different ... variant of the mid 19th century form Kauraraiga Kauralaiga kaura island and laiga person who belongs ..., Urradhi, Yadhaikana, and others. Gold was mined on Horn Island in the 1890s. In the early 20th ... islander residents were evacuated to southern Queensland during World War II . A major Allies of World War II Allied airbase, known as Horn Island Airport World War II Horn Island Aerodrome , was constructed on the island and this was attacked several times by Empire of Japan Japanese planes. In 1946 ... more details
provides medical services to three other islands in the central island cluster Coconut, Yam and Warraber . The island has a school, which is a campus of Tagai State College based on ThursdayIsland . There is an IBIS store on the island and also a Mini Mart. See also Yorke Island Airport Popular culture Yorke Island was the film location for RAN Remote Area Nurse TV series RAN Remote Area Nurse . Portal Queensland coord 9.745 S 143.434 E type isle region AU QLD display title Category Torres Strait Islands Category Aboriginal communities in QueenslandQueensland geo stub de Yorke Island ...Yorke Island Masig Island is a coral cay situated in the Eastern area of the central island group in the Torres Strait , at the top end of the Great Barrier Reef and Northwest of the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It lies Northwest of Coconut Island, Torres Strait Coconut Poruma Island in the central island group and Southwest of Stephens Island Torres Strait Stephens Island Ugar Island , West of Darnley IslandQueensland Darnley Island Erub Island , and Northwest of Murray Island, Torres Strait Murray Mer Island in the eastern island group. This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands that are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Yorke Island, traditionally known as Masig, is about 2.7 km long and 800 m at its widest point. The inhabitants, skilled navigators with a detailed knowledge of the reefs, have always occupied a central position in the Straits trading networks. In 1845 , Masig people could be found trading from the west of the Straits to the east. Before the arrival of teachers from the London Missionary Society in the 1870s, Masig was attracting a diverse community of immigrants, some brought by the pearl and Trochus trochus shell industry. The Queensland Government moved the people of Aureed to Masig after it was declared a government reserve .... A highly profitable fish factory has operated on the island since the late 1970s, freezing the catch ... more details
Moa Island Banks Island is an island 40km north of ThursdayIsland , Queensland , Australia in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands and is the largest within the Torres Strait Islands Near Western islands Near Western group. It has 2, settlements, Kubin and St. Pauls, connected by bitumen and a gravel road. Settlements Kubin, Queensland Kubin is a community largely made up of the original Italgal, the Mualgal from north Moa, some of the Kulkalgal of Nagi, and the Kaiwalgal Kaurareg people, who were moved to Poid , on the southwestern corner of Moa Island in 1921 ref http www.tsirc.qld.gov.au Kubin ref . Poid was abandoned after World War II one group moving back to their Horn Island, Queensland Narupai Horn Island homeland and the remainder moved southeast to Kubin under the leadership of Wees Nawia . Kubin residents retain their links with the ThursdayIsland , Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga and Cowal Creek Injinoo communities and with their help have established a number of business enterprises. Services in Kubin include Ibis store, Health Centre, School Tagai College , RTC with Indigenous Knowledge Centre Mualgau Knowledge Centre , Post Office, Disability Services, Childcare centre, Police, Mualgal Mineral Arts Centre and Torres Strait Island Regional Council office. Accommodation is run by the Kubin Torres Strait Regional Island Council. When visiting the community you can stay at Aka Babeth Na Mudth Motel and also dongers that are air conditioned. St Pauls, Queensland St Pauls is the other settlement on Moa. After the forced repatriation ... immigration policy in 1904, the Queensland Government set aside a reserve on Moa s eastern shore ... Strait Creole , though many people are bilingual in Kala Lagaw Ya . See also portal Queensland ... page ?artid 7 Kubin State School http www.atns.net.au biogs A000181b.htm Mualgal People v State of Queensland ... title Category Torres Strait Islands de Moa Island fr le Moa ka ru ... more details
Halfway Island is an island 150 km northeast of ThursdayIslandQueensland , Australia in the Cumberland Passage Torres Strait about 100 km west of Yule Entrance . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . Shipwrecks Governor Ready . Wooden ship, 512 tons. Built Prince Edward Island 1825 . Captain John Young. Wrecked on a reef between Murray and Halfway Islands north east of Cape York, May 1829. Nineteen in the longboat, twelve in a skiff and eight in the jolly boat escaped from the wreck and after touching at various uninhabited islands, were rescued by the brig Amity off Timor. They had travelled 2500 km in fourteen days. The Governor Ready had brought 200 convicts from England in 1828, and had sailed from Sydney for Jakarta Batavia on 18 March 1829, when lost. coord 10.114 143.326 region AU type isle display title References cite web url http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 Reports tst atlas pdfs se500.pdf accessdate 17 October 2009 title Map 7 South East Torres Strait Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Halfway Island Torres Strait ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 King Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is northeast of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island and Flinders Island, Queensland Flinders Island in the Flinders Group National Park . Coord 14.096 144.333 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date October 2006 att March 2011 Island Head is at the northern end of a mountainous peninsula on the Central Queensland, Australia Queensland coast between Yeppoon, Queensland Yeppoon and St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence . It has two natural harbours, Port Clinton, Queensland Port Clinton in the south and Island Head Creek, QueenslandIsland Head Creek in the north. The western side of the peninsula is Shoalwater Bay , a well known military training area. coord 22 19 51.08 S 150 39 39.8 E type landmark region AU display title Queensland geo stub Category Headlands of Queensland ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Clear Island Waters city Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast state qld image caption lga Gold Coast City postcode 4226 est pop 4,091 2006 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC32066 name Clear Island Waters State Suburb accessdate 2009 05 10 quick on ref area stategov Electoral district of Mermaid Beach Mermaid Beach fedgov Division of McPherson McPherson dist2 location2 dist1 location1 near nw Carrara, Queensland Carrara near n Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near ne Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near w Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac near e Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters near sw Robina, Queensland Robina near s Robina, Queensland Robina near se Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the Census in Australia 2006 2006 Census , Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,091. The suburb is a mid to high socioeconomic residential area surrounding the artificial canals of Clear Island Lake and Boobegan Creek. Facilities Clear Island Waters is primarily a residential suburb, and most major facilities are accessible from adjacent suburbs. Surfside Buslines provide public transport throughout the city. Schools St Vincents Catholic Primary School is the only school in Clear Island Waters, located at the northeastern end of the suburb. High schools are located in adjacent suburbs in Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters , Robina, Queensland Robina , Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac and Carrara, Queensland Carrara . Golf courses Surfers Paradise Golf Club and Merrimac Golf Course are both located in Clear Island Waters. The surrounding suburbs also contain many golf courses. References reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au clear island waters University of QueenslandQueensland Places Clear Island Waters Localities in Gold Coast Category Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland GoldCoastQLD ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Watson Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the Southern most island in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km South East of Cape Melville , Queensland. This island is North West of Howick Island, Queensland Howick Island . Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 144.893 lat 14.465 Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Fisher Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park , Queensland , Australia . It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville . The island, along with neighbouring Baird Island Baird , Beesley IslandQueensland Beesley and Farmer IslandQueensland Farmer Islands , constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for Pied Imperial Pigeon s and Black Noddy Black Noddies . ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Piper Islands. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 19 09 2011. ref References reflist Coord 12.258 143.235 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of QueenslandQueensland national park stub id Pulau Fisher Queensland ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Pigeon Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Weymouth Bay North of Lockhart River, Queensland LockhartRiver and Iron Range National Park Cape York Peninsula , Queensland . The island is a few hundred metres from the mouth of the Pascoe River . Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category National parks of QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Low Island North Queensland is about 25 km north east of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . Low Island is part of the Low Isles. Low Isles consists of two islands, Woody Island, Queensland Woody Island an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle which is a smaller vegetated, sandy, coral cay surrounded by Convert 55 acre m2 of reef a typical tropical island like you see on the movies. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island on a daily basis via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessel can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station , an active lighthouse named Low Isles Light and the University of Queensland s research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkelling and diving. Wide image Low Isles panorama.jpg 1300 px Low Isles panorama. Low Island is on the right Coord 16.386 145.559 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands of Queensland Category Commonwealth Heritage List Queensland geo stub ... more details
for the National Park Fitzroy Island National Park Fitzroy Island originally Koba or Gabar is a continental island out from Djujbirri formally known as Cape Grafton , 29 km south east of Cairns , Queensland , Australia . See also Fitzroy Island National Park Portal Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub coord 16 56 S 146 00 E display title region AU type isle source GNS enwiki 1stVoyageCookAus Category Australian Aboriginal mythology Category Cultural Landscapes of North East Queensland Category Far North Queensland Category Islands of Queensland ... more details
Woody Island is about convert 25 km 0 abbr on northeast of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . With the neighbouring Low Island, Queensland Low Island , it comprises the Low Isles. Woody Island is an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle, a typical tropical island with vegetation and a sandy, coral cay surrounded by convert 55 acre m2 of reef. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessels can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station, a lighthouse and the University of Queensland have a research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkeling and diving as the coral is excellent. Woody Island is listed as being the site of a United States Army Air Forces USAAF Douglas DB 7 A 20 A 20 Havoc crash in World War II . http home.st.net.au dunn ronqld.htm Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 145.569 lat 16.388 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 High Island , North Queensland, is part of the Frankland Islands , 30 km northeast of Babinda and southwest of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent and migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group, offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. The alternative name for this island is Caparra Island. The island was used as a filming location in Ocean Girl . Aerial photos and maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.010 lat 17.158 Category Islands of Queensland Category Far North Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub ... more details
5e yam island MABO AND OTHERS v. QUEENSLAND No. 2 1992 175 CLR 1 F.C. 92 014 Portal Queensland coord 9.900 S 142.767 E region AU QLD type isle display title Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Yam Island ...Yam Island also Yama , Iama or Turtle backed Island is an island of the Bourke Isles , 100 km northeast of ThursdayIsland , Queensland , Australia , in the Tancred Passage of the Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . Its indigenous language is Kulkalgau Ya, a dialect of the Western Central Torres Strait Language see Kala Lagaw Ya . The population of Yam was 338 in 2001. The area measures about two square kilometers. History The original inhabitants traded and fought widely in their sailing canoes. In 1792, they came aboard William Bligh s two ships seeking iron. Bligh named Tudu Warrior Island after an attack they later made. The London Missionary Society established a station at Yam s western end making it possible for a permanent village with people settling around ... during the 1870s with another at Nahgi Mount Ernest Island, Torres Strait Mount Ernest Island , southwest ... until well after the War. An airstrip was constructed in 1974 and the island s connection to the Torres ... Lui Junior, former chairman of the Island Coordinating Council. Pre History Yam Island also ... down to Torres Strait and settled on Yama, and then spread from there to different island groups ... elements. According to Papuan legend get reference , a developing mud island near the mouth of a river to the south of the Fly Delta was first settled by people from Yama who named the island Dhaaru ... suggests that the name of the island was originally Yamu many words that originally ended in u in Kulkalgau ... a part of the traditional trade netwoek See also Yam Island Airport External links http tsieducation.eq.edu.au ... A002264b.htm David on behalf of the Iama People and Tudulaig v State of Queensland 2004 FCA 1576 ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Pig Island is a small island in far north Queensland , Australia 19 km North East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland , Australia and is part of the Cockburn Islands Group. It is to the north of Bootie IslandQueensland Bootie Island , Manley Islet and Buchen Rock within the Cockburn Reef adjacent to Pollard Channel and next to the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland Sir Charles Hardy Islands . Coord 11.837 143.315 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title References references Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef ... more details
Snapper Island is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland , Australia , some 20 km north of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas . It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park ref sinpmp . Snapper Island is a popular tourism and sea kayaking destination. Indigenous culture The island is part of the traditional sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. The Kuku Yalanji people hunt and fish around the island and traditionally manage the island s culture Other history In the early 1900s, Jerry Doyle dn date November 2011 operated a lime kiln on the island, fired by wood from the Daintree, ferried over on a vessel called the Nellie . Beche de mer sea cucumbers processing boiling may also have been undertaken here. There is evidence of remains of an early Chinese market garden on the island, the watercourse stonework of which is still visible today. This island was a stopover by George Elphinstone Dalrymple before he discovered the Daintee River. http www.daintreecoast.com daintree.htm References note sinpmp State of Queensland Environmental Protection Agency 2003 . http www.epa.qld.gov.au publications p00141aa.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park . Retrieved September 14, 2005. Coord 16.297 145.499 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Australian place type island name Flinders Island state qld image caption postcode pop pop footnotes est elevation coordinates coord 14 10 48 S 144 15 36 E display title,inline pushpin label position right latd 14 latm 10 lats 48 longd 144 longm 15 longs 36 maxtemp mintemp rainfall lga Cook Shire Council stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichardt dist1 dir1 location1 timezone utc timezone dst utc dst Flinders Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is north of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park . It is separated from Stanley Island, Queensland Stanley Island by Owen Channel and Maclear Island by Fly Channel . In the nineteenth century it was one of the earliest centres recruiting lugger crews for the pearling trade. There is a major residential site on the sandspit. The island is a popular tourist destination with an anchorage point for yachts. Flinders Island is an integral part of the mythological complex of the Flinders Group. See also Flinders Island language References Reflist Queensland national park stub Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef id Pulau Flinders Queensland zh classical ... more details
Other uses Rattlesnake Island disambiguation Rattlesnake Island Infobox islands name Rattlesnake Island local name native name image name Palm Islands context map en.png thumb image caption Rattlesnake Island and surrounds click to zoom image size locator map map caption locator map size nickname location Halifax Bay coordinates Coord 19.033 146.610 format dms type isle region AU QLD display inline,title archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Australia additional info Rattlesnake Island is one of the island s South of the Palm Islands, Queensland Great Palm Island group, northwest of Magnetic Island and directly east of Rollingstone, Queensland Rollingstone in the Halifax Bay . RAAF Base Townsville No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF conducts live firing with Aircraft of the RAAF military aircraft on regular occasions. When the RAAF are not live firing, they also conduct survival courses on the island. ref Air Force News Feb 2002 , accessed May 2006 http www.defence.gov.au news raafnews editions 4403 story06.htm ref See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland References Reflist Great Palm Island group Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category North Queensland ... more details
File Pied Imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor National Aviary 1300px.jpg thumb right 200px The island is an important breeding site for Pied Imperial pigeons Night Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville , Queensland , Australia . It lies east of Coen between the first three mile opening and the second three mile opening of the Barrier Reef about 100 km south east of Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River . It is part of the Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area . ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Islands North of Port Stewart. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 07 12. ref References reflist Portal Queensland Coord 13.368 143.577 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of Queensland Category Far North QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Round Island North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands 30 km North East of Babinda and South West of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent & migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.090 lat 17.217 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Crab Island Moent Island is an uninhabited island west of Muttee Heads and the coastal community of Seisia which is adjacent to Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait . It has an area of 2.62207 km 262.207 hectare s or 647.905 acres ref http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 Reports tst atlas svgmap Torres Strait Atlas.htm ref . The distance to the closest mainland close to Slade Point is 1.4 kilometers. Crab Island lies between Australia and the Melanesia n island of New Guinea in the southwestern part of the Torres Strait , facing the Arafura Sea to the west. It is the most significant breeding ground of the Flatback Turtle Chelonia depressa and occasional nesting by Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepidochelys olivacea . This island is south of the Torres Strait Islands Aerial photos & maps Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 142.106 lat 10.973 Category Torres Strait Islands Category Uninhabited islands of Australia Queensland geo stub de Crab Island Torres Strait ... more details
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