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Great Palm Island, usually known as Palm Island, is the largest island in the Palm Islands group off Northern Queensland, Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal community, the legacy of an Aboriginal reserve, the Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement (also known as "the Mission"). The original inhabitants of the island (and others in the group) were the Manbarra people, also known as the Wulgurukaba, who were removed to the mainland by the Queensland Government in the 1890s. The island is also sometimes referred to as Bwgcolman, which is the name given to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from disparate groups who were deported from many areas of Queensland to the reserve in 1918, and their descendants. The island has an area of 55 km2 (21 sq mi). The official area figure of 70.9 square kilometres (27.4 sq mi) refers to the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, which includes nine smaller islands. It is off the east coast of Northern Queensland, situated 65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Townsville, and 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It consists of small bays, sandy beaches and steep forested mountains rising to a peak of 548 metres (1,798 ft). The ocean surrounding the island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, where extraction and fishing are regulated. Great Palm Island's rich volcanic soil supports tropical flora such as mangroves, eucalypt forest, rainforests, hoop pine, mango, banana, pawpaw (papaya) and wild plum trees.[5][29] The surrounding bays have diverse marine fauna, including coral trout, crayfish and coral reefs.[5] However the island has been affected by human settlement and introduced species. There are hundreds of brumbies (feral horses) on the island, considered to be owned by the community. In 2003 there were reports of horses having been tortured and beaten by local teenagers. The problem of the feral animals had been brought to the attention of the Palm Island authorities as well as the Queensland Government, but to no avail. An RSPCA representative said that they needed to involve the children in helping to solve the problem.[71] Since then, the Shire Council and the RSPCA have acted to care for the horses and educate residents,[72] and children are now engaged in helping to round up troublesome animals.[73] Feral dogs are also a problem on the island.[73] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Palm_Island#Environment

Wonderful and poetic picture.

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notice - no utility poles - not even telegraph connections

Interesting picture.....shoted many times ago! I like how the kids are dressed.. Ciao :-)

wowwwwwwww incredible......

Nice picture. I like those saddle shoes she's wearing

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Standing portraits, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

This is not the main street. On the GeoHive OSI 25" you can see that the Hotels, RIC barracks, Post office are all around the corner to the right, and out of sight. In Streetview, we can see Vartry House is still there at left.

Streetview

www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0614879,-6.2240576,3a,67.7y,309...

The church was completed in 1871, no help.

Niall McAuley Your link must be mistaken, but it's here IMO: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,719034,702680,11,9