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Killary?

Mweelreaview. maps.app.goo.gl/FGB99qS2JpAukab47

Not much chance of a date here!

Sometimes Always the NLI is amazing! Mr Hargrave was also there. 'Delphi Lake' or 'Leenane Bay' - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000288666 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000288667

[Aside] There are also some Lawrence photos of Killary harbour with ships to delight naval gazers - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333179

Must have been a very high tide ? Streetview - www.google.com.au/maps/@53.9766808,-9.2124243,3a,75y,53.1...

"Demolition of 19th-century Healy’s Hotel opposed" - 5th September 2017, Mayo News

There is an extra bit (4 windows) built on the right-hand end since this photo - when ?

"We never remember to have experienced so much gratification at any public event, as we did at witnessing the festivities, by which the opening of the new PONTOON Hotel was celebrated." Mayo Constitution on Tuesday 4 October 1836. The article describes how the area had been "opened up" - the land had been "of a nature so forbidding, that even the attempt to run a road through it at one time seemed chimerical". The opening was marked with feasting ("an unlimited supply of beef, mutton, and bread"), an Amateur Band playing in a boat which had been towed offshore, and sports including horse races, donkey races and boat races. Not only the tenantry and workman - no-one who turned up was refused entry. All due to the generosity of the Earl of Lucan.

"The existing building has been open to the public since the 1840s as a bar, hotel and restaurant. "

Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) Timeline 6,000 BC The sea level stabilized after the melting of the ice caps. It is thought that Aboriginal people left the island at this time, probably because of remoteness, loss of tidal food zone and harshness of the terrain. 1,500 BC Midden evidence shows that Aborigines returned at about this time. Early European contact noted about 200 people on the island. 16 May 1770 Captain James Cook in the Endeavour named Cape Moreton. The body of water between North Stradbroke Island and Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) he named Moreton Bay September 1824 The first European settlement in the vicinity was established at Redcliffe. Called Moreton Bay settlement, it was later moved to its present site of Brisbane. 1824 - 1850 South Passage was the main entrance into Moreton Bay. 1825 Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) aboriginals were ravaged by smallpox. 1833 Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) aboriginals suffered a massacre at the head of the large lagoon at the southern end of the island (now eroded into the Bay). The attack was apparently the last in a series of reprisal attacks between Aboriginals and soldiers stationed on Nth Stradbroke Island. 1842 Moreton Bay district opened to free settlement. 1850 Aboriginal survivors were forced to move to North Stradbroke Island. 1855 The growing importance of the settlement at Brisbane resulted in greatly increased shipping activity. 1859 Queensland achieved a separate identity from New South Wales and became a self-governing colony. 1874 A signal light was established at Cowan Cowan Point. 1947 Small amount of mining exploration was undertaken. Late 1960s Kooringal was established around the home site of Frank Day 'the old man of Moreton Island (Mulgumpin)'. Kooringal is now the island's largest township. 1990 Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) Recreation Area declared to add the vacant crown land and beach areas to the protected area of the island. 1993 Mining leases on the island were relinquished and added to the protected area of the island when leases were bought by the Queensland Government. Five million dollars was a pain in compensation to the mining companies holding the leases. For more details check the source: www.sunrover.com.au/moreton-island-timeline.htm

According to the source:https://www.sunrover.com.au/moreton-island-timeline.htm the Aboriginal name of Moreton Island is Mulgumpin rather than Moorgumpin.

MORETON ISLAND AT A GLANCE Moreton Island is a unique island wilderness with sparkling clear water and white sandy beaches. It is one of the few untouched areas of natural wilderness along the East Coast of Australia. Moreton Island is situated just 35 kilometers from Brisbane in the Moreton Bay Marine Park. The island is 98%, National Park, protecting the flora, fauna, sandy coastline, freshwater lakes, wetlands, and forests. Moreton is 38 km long and 19,000 ha in area. It is one of the largest sand islands in the world. Moreton Island provides a fragile northeasterly boundary for Moreton Bay. The island supports an amazing variety of vegetation. Its white sandy beaches, clear sparkling water, and delightful freshwater lakes make Moreton a popular destination with holidaymakers, campers, fishermen, bushwalkers, and naturalists. Historical researchers and heritage tourists will find an enormous variety of wartime forts to explore, as well as seeing first-hand the remnants of the mid-1900s whaling industry. Source: indicatorloops.com/comboyuro.htm