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Students at Darnley Island, ca. 1908 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Thursday Island, ca. 1905 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Church of Saint Saviour's, Boigu Island, 1918 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Church on Mabuiag Island, ca. 1938 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Church on Moa Island, 1934 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Man standing in front of church on Mabuiag Island, 1942 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
Mission Church on Darnley Island, 1934 from State Library of Queensland uploaded June 2025
[A small launch 'Avalon' on the water] from Auckland Museum Commons uploaded April 2025
[Side view of a small launch on the water] from Auckland Museum Commons uploaded April 2025
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Jetty at Picnic Bay Magnetic Island, 1937-1938
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Seaforth Island from a vantage point on Lindeman, ca. 1945
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Seaforth Island is an island in Queensland. Seaforth Island is situated nearby to Spitfire Rock, and south of Lindeman Island Airport. Source: mapcarta.com/16645622
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Seaforth Island is around 26 hectares in size. Towns, villages, or cities near Seaforth Island include the town of Hamilton Island, the village of Midge Point, and the town of Airlie Beach. Source: www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=279408&cmd=sp
Tourists taking a walk through the palm groves on Magnetic Island, 1937-1938
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Vesna Verencevic said:
Landscape Magnetic Island is well known for its distinctive environment and picturesque landscape featuring large granite boulders, hoop pines, sandy beaches, and fringing coral reefs. The story of Magnetic Island began 275 million years ago when molten granite was pushed to the earth’s surface with volcanic force. Over time the overlying volcanic rocks weathered away. The underlying granite mass has decomposed along fracture lines, creating today's extraordinary landscape of rounded domes and boulders (tors), many of which are larger than a house and spectacularly perched. Fault lines have eroded to form gullies and valleys. Today, a shallow sea separates the island from the mainland. However, before the sea level rose 7,500 years ago, Magnetic Island was connected to the mainland between Cape Pallarenda and Kissing Point. Indigenous history The Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Yunbenun (Magnetic Island), the Wulgurukaba people, and the ‘canoe people’, have lived on the island and nearby mainland for thousands of years. Shell middens, stone tools, and art sites are some of the physical reminders of their strong connection with the island. The Wulgurukaba people have stories, such as the Big Carpet Snake story linking Magnetic and Palm Islands and the mainland, which tell of the creation of this landscape during the Dreamtime. The Wulgurukaba people were able to maintain their traditional lifestyle until the mid-1890s when the Townsville port was established. As more European people moved into the area, the Wulgurukaba people were forced to move off their traditional lands, and confrontations with settlers, loss of traditional food sources and disease took their toll. They remained on the island until the 1920s and 30s but were eventually forced to live in missions on the mainland. A small group of Wulgurukaba people remain on or have returned to the island. Non-Indigenous history Magnetic Island was named by Lt James Cook in 1770 when he believed the magnetic compass on his ship the Endeavour was affected by the island. During the 1800s Magnetic Island became a popular picnic area and by the late 1890s, the first resort was established in Picnic Bay. Tourism prospered during the early 1900s as Townsville grew to be a major city in North Queensland. Source: parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/magnetic-island/about/culture