canaipa

Boat at the Russell Island jetty, Queensland, ca. 1926

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Russell Island is an island, a town, and a locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia Russell Island in Redland City is the biggest of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands, situated between the mainland and North Stradbroke Island. The island is eight kilometers long (north-to-south) and nearly three kilometers wide. The channel separating it from the mainland is known as Main Channel and the channel separating it from North Stradbroke Island is known as Canaipa Passage. Farmers and oystermen were the first full-time inhabitants, but with the arrival of the Jackson family in 1906, a small village was created on the western side of the island called Jacksonville, which had a sawmill, pineapple canning factory, jetty, and even a picture theatre.[6] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Island_(Moreton_Bay)