Keriri Island, Queensland

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Keriri Island
Queensland
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Keriri Island, 2014
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Keriri Island
Coordinates 10°32′53″S142°12′21″E / 10.5480°S 142.2058°E / -10.5480; 142.2058
Population268 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density16.96/km2 (43.93/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4875
Area15.8 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Torres Strait Island Region
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal division(s) Leichhardt
Suburbs around Keriri Island:
Torres Strait Torres Strait Torres Strait
Torres Strait Keriri Island Torres Strait
Torres Strait Prince of Wales Thursday Island

Keriri Island is a rural locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It consists only of the island Hammond Island whose only town is also called Hammond Island .In the 2016 census, Keriri Island had a population of 268 people. [1]

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Geography

Hammond Island is the town on the east coast of the island ( 10°33′15″S142°13′08″E / 10.5543°S 142.2188°E / -10.5543; 142.2188 (Hammond Island) ). [3]

Bruce Point is a headland just south of the town ( 10°33′35″S142°13′13″E / 10.5596°S 142.2202°E / -10.5596; 142.2202 (Bruce Point) ). [4] There are boat launching facilities there. [5]

History

Keriri Island was named as a locality on 2 July 2010. [2]

Hammond Island was probably named after naval office Sir Andrew Snape Hamond by Captain Edward Edwards on September 1791 while travelling to Timor in the boats after the wreck of HMS Pandora. [3]

Bruce Point was named after Robert Gerald Bruce, who worked as a pilot from 1922 to 1964 in the Torres Strait. Following his death 1973, his cremated ashes were scattered at this point. [6] [7]

In the 2016 census, Keriri Island had a population of 268 people. [1]

Education

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School is a private primary (Prep-3) campus at Lot 11 Church Street ( 10°32′58″S142°12′37″E / 10.5494°S 142.2103°E / -10.5494; 142.2103 (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School) ) of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School headquartered at Thursday Island. [8] Older children take the daily ferry to Thursday Island to attend the main school there. [9]

There are no government schools on Keriri Island. However, there are government primary and secondary schools on neighbouring Thursday Island. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Keriri Island (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Keriri Island – locality in Torres Strait Island Region (entry 46707)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Hammond Island – population centre in Torres Strait Island Regional (entry 15295)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bruce Point – point in Torres Strait Island Regional (entry 42816)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Queensland History: Far North Queensland Place names bo - bz". Queensland History. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "CAPTAIN GERALD BRUCE". Torres News . Vol. O, no. 10. Queensland, Australia. 13 February 1973. p. 12. Retrieved 21 November 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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