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Stradbroke Island

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and up to the penal settlement of Brisbane. The Dunwich settlement was in close proximity to a major Aboriginal camp at Myora Spring. Whites and Europeans generally lived in reasonable harmony though there were moments of conflict as would be expected within the context of two very different cultures
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ran aground on the southern end of Stradbroke Island. Three tug boats were dispatched to try to pull the vessel free, but this did not succeed. All of the passengers and crew were rescued but the cargo was remained onboard until the ship broke apart and its goods were washed ashore. Parts of the
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at a narrow isthmus roughly halfway down the island's length. Salvage activity (including the detonation of a cargo of explosives) weakened the sand dunes along the spit such that by the spring of 1896, storms and tides had washed a permanent breach from Moreton Bay to the Coral Sea.
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South Stradbroke, while less developed, has a number of anchorages, campsites, and two major tourist resorts, Couran Cove and South Stradbroke Island Resort, or Tipplers. There are almost no sealed roads on the island.
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made the first documented European sighting of the island in 1770 and named Point Lookout, but did not land. The first historically documented contact between Europeans and the local Aborigines was 1803 when
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so settlement soon concentrated there. Dunwich became a staging point where larger ships were unloaded of cargo which was placed into smaller vessels to be carried over the sand bars of
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was established at the northern end of the island in July 1850. This was due to its proximity to the shipping route, its isolation and to there being a supply of fresh water available.
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priest, who visited and chose the site. It was unsuccessful because of poor relations with the local tribes and lack of resources, and the missionaries withdrew in 1847.
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in April 1823, before being taken to Stradbroke Island by the natives where they were helped and provided with food, shelter and a canoe by the local Aborigines.
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people, lived on the island for at least 21,000 years prior to European settlement. It was also a traditional meeting place of Quandamooka peoples such as the
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Early efforts to establish agriculture on the island, especially plans to grow cotton north of Dunwich, resulted in conflicts with the local
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was established in 1825. More fertile soil, good sources of fresh water and a better harbour was found at the present location of
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Trigonometrical Survey of Moreton Bay from April 1840 showing Stradbroke Island prior to its division into two separate islands
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and it is a popular diving site. Since 2013, sand movement has resulted in increasing amounts of the wreck becoming visible.
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Useful and profitable: history and race relations at the Myora Aboriginal Mission, Stradbroke Island, Australia, 1892-1940
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Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press. 1992. p. 69.
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Community and personal history of a Ngugi Elder of Mulgumpin in Quandamooka, South East Queensland, Australia.
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wreck can still be found in shallow water approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) offshore south of the
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The Secret Life of an Aborigine: Memoirs of Shane Coghill, Goenpul Man: Quandamooka Stories as Heritage
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offering vacation rentals, shops and a range of eateries. It also has a sealed, bitumen road network.
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Results of an archaeological survey of the Southern Region of Moreton Bay and of Moreton Island
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North Stradbroke is the more developed of the two islands, with the three small townships of
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landed in search of fresh water. The next documented contact was between shipwreck survivors
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is the larger of the two, about 38 km long and up to 11 km wide.
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until the late 19th century. Today the island is split into two islands:
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mission for Aboriginal people was established on Stradbroke Island by
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The Stradbroke Island Galleon: The Mystery of the Ship in the Swamp
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celebrations, the Stradbroke Island was announced as one of the
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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series
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Bishop became aware of the legend while the principal of
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In September 1894, heavy seas drove aground the barque
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There are persistent stories of a 17th-century Spanish
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of Queensland for its role as a "Natural attraction".
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Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
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Initial white settlement of Stradbroke Island was at
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is about 22 km long and at most 2 km wide.
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First Catholic Mission to the Australian Aborigines
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Index

Stradbroke Island, Queensland
Minjerribah litoura

Moreton Bay
Brisbane
Queensland
North Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island
Jumpinpin Channel
Q150
Q150 Icons
Quandamooka
Aboriginal Australian
Nunukul
Goenpul
Jandai
Aboriginal languages
North Stradbroke Island § History
shipwreck
rapier
James Cook
Matthew Flinders
Thomas Pamphlett
Richard Parsons
John Finnegan
Moreton Island
Amity Point
pilot station
Dunwich
Brisbane River

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