Hinchinbrook Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Islands within the locality of Hinchinbrook | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°18′45″S146°13′05″E / 18.3125°S 146.2180°E Coordinates: 18°18′45″S146°13′05″E / 18.3125°S 146.2180°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4849 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,198.0 km2 (462.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Hinchinbrook is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Hinchinbrook had a population of 0 people. [1]
The locality consists of a number of islands off the Queensland coast. The largest is Hinchinbrook Island while the others are very small in comparison. To the north of Hinchinbrook Island are Garden Island, Goold Island, and the Brook Islands (North Island, Tween Island, Middle Island and South Island). To the east of Hinchinbrook Island are Eva Island and Agnes Island. To the west of Hinchinbrook Island in the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates the island from the mainland) is a group of low-lying islands called the Benjamin Flats and Haycock Island. [3]
Much of the locality is protected from development including the Hinchinbrook Island National Park (covering the whole of Hinchinbrook Island, Eva Island, Agnes Island and Haycock Island), Goold Island National Park (covering all of Goold Island) and Brook Islands National Park (including North Island, Tween Island and Middle Island, but not South Island). [3]
Hinchinbrook Island is quite mountainous with several peaks, the highest ones being Barra Castle Hill (1,910 m, 6,266 ft), Mount Bowen (1,121 m, 3,678 ft), The Thumb (981 m, 3,219 ft), Mount Diamantina (953 m, 3,127 ft) and Mount Straloch (922 m, 3,025 ft). [3]
Benjamin Flats are a sheltered area good for fishing for barramundi, fingermark bream, black jewfish, and big golden grunter. [4]
The locality was named after Hinchinbrook Island, which in turn was named on 19 May 1819 by hydrographer Lieutenant Phillip Parker King on HMS Mermaid. [5]
The Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km2. It was established in 1994 and comprises three islands - North, Tween and Middle - which lie off the coast 7 km north-east of Cape Richards on Hinchinbrook Island and 30 km east of the nearest mainland town of Cardwell. The fourth island of the Brooks group, South Island, is not part of the national park but is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Public access to the three islands in the national park is prohibited in order to protect breeding birds, especially the Torresian imperial-pigeon. The islands have no roads, walking tracks or other facilities. Popular activities in the waters around the islands are boating, snorkelling and fishing. The islands are managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. The Park's IUCN category is II.
Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,250 km (780 mi) northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island off the coast from Cardwell in Rockingham Bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Hinchinbrook Island National Park is Australia's largest island National Park. It is situated along the Cassowary Coast Queensland, Australia. The nearest capital city is Brisbane approximately 1240 Lucinda is 135 km or 1.5 hours drive north of Townsville being the closest North Queensland provincial city. Cairns a Far North Queensland provincial city is two and a half to 3 hours drive north from Cardwell. The main geographical features in the park are the rugged Hinchinbrook Island, including Mount Bowen, The Thumb, Mount Diamantina and Mount Straloch.
Hinchinbrook Island lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, separated from the northern coast of Queensland, Australia by the narrow Hinchinbrook Channel. Hinchinbrook Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and wholly protected within the Hinchinbrook Island National Park, except for a small and abandoned resort. It is the largest island on the Great Barrier Reef. It is also the largest island national park in Australia.
Cardwell is a tropical coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region in Far North Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Cardwell had a population of 1,309 people. The Bruce Highway National Highway 1 and the North Coast railway line are the dominant transport routes; connecting with the Queensland provincial cities of Cairns and Townsville. Cardwell suffered significant damage from Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 cyclone, in February 2011.
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The waters of Torres Strait include the only international border in the area contiguous with the Australian mainland, between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Agnes Island is a very small island a few hundred metres east of Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia. At low tide, it can be accessed from nearby Banksia Bay. Its 13 hectares or 0.13 square km in size.
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Margaret Grace Thorsborne was an Australian naturalist, conservationist and environmental activist. She was notable for her efforts, with her husband Arthur Thorsborne, in initiating the long-term monitoring and protection of the Torresian imperial-pigeon on the Brook Islands, north east of Hinchinbrook Island, Far North Queensland. Toward the end of her life, she was involved in the struggle to protect Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and animals such as the southern cassowary, mahogany glider and dugong.
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