Port Clinton is an estuarine harbour and inlet located on the eastern side of the Warginburra Peninsula of central coastal Queensland. It was previously known as Port Bowen, which was the name given to the harbour by Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802. [1] The title was changed in 1892 to Port Clinton so as to avoid confusion with the port of Bowen approximately 400 km to the north-west. [2]
Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Bowen had a population of 10,377 people.
Gladstone is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone has an urban population of 34,703, and together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated population of 50,317 at August 2021. This urban area covers 246.1 km2 (95.0 sq mi).
Stradbroke Island, also known as Minjerribah, was a large sand island that formed much of the eastern side of Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Queensland until the late 19th century. Today the island is split into two islands: North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island, separated by the Jumpinpin Channel.
The Colonial sloop Norfolk was built on Norfolk Island in 1798 of Norfolk Island Pine. She was wrecked in 1800.
His Majesty's Armed Survey Vessel Lady Nelson was commissioned in 1799 to survey the coast of Australia. At the time large parts of the Australian coast were unmapped and Britain had claimed only part of the continent. The British Government were concerned that, in the event of settlers of another European power becoming established in Australia, any future conflict in Europe would lead to a widening of the conflict into the southern hemisphere to the detriment of the trade that Britain sought to develop. It was against this background that Lady Nelson was chosen to survey and establish sovereignty over strategic parts of the continent.
The Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and identity.
Martin Islet is a small island lying just off Red Point, Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia.
Banksia Beach is a town and suburb on Bribie Island in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the suburb of Banksia Beach had a population of 5,995 people.
Captain Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.
Mount Westall is a mount in Queensland, Australia. It was named on 21 August 1802 by Matthew Flinders. Flinders, who was commander of HMS Investigator, anchored in Port Bowen that day, he went ashore to explore with his party of scientists. He offered to name the highest visible point in the vicinity after whoever reached the top first. The landscape artist William Westall won, hence the name.
The County of Flinders is a county in Queensland, Australia, located in the Central Queensland region between Gladstone and Bundaberg. The county is divided into civil parishes. It was named for Matthew Flinders who explored the Australian coastline.
Port Curtis is a both a port and a pastoral district in Queensland, Australia. It is located off the coast of the present-day city of Gladstone and was the original name of the township. The Port Curtis pastoral district in and around Gladstone was gazetted on 23 March 1868.
The Bynoe River, also called the Little Bynoe River, is an arm of the Flinders River delta in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is of significant historical interest as the point where the Burke and Wills expedition, an expedition seeking to cross Australia from south to north and return, reached salt water in 1861. The mouth of the river was the explorers’ Burke and Wills Camp B/CXIX, with ‘CXIX’ being the Roman numerals for 119.
Mackay Harbour is a coastal mixed-use locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mackay Harbour had a population of 686 people.
Gladstone Harbour is a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Gladstone Harbour had a population of 29 people. There are three towns in Gladstone Harbour, all on Facing Island: Northcliffe, Farmers Point and Gatcombe.
Curtis Island is a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Curtis Island had a population of 323 people.
Thompson Point is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. It was the site of a short-lived town and port called Broadmount. In the 2021 census, Thompson Point had a population of 4 people.
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