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A basic survey of the island was conducted by Robert Dixon in 1839. He named the island after Lord John Russell the Secretary of State for the Colonies in the 1840s. [10]The island was first settled by Europeans in 1866, when John Campbell was granted a lease on the northern end of the island closely followed by John Willes and his family. [11]
Macleay Island is the fourth largest island in Moreton Bay after North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Island and Russell Island; it is 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide at its widest point. Perulpa Island is a small island attached to Macleay Island by a causeway. [5]
Toondah Harbour in Cleveland is the location of the Stradbroke Island Ferry Terminal, used by water taxis and vehicular ferries to provide access to North Stradbroke Island. Cleveland's Toondah Harbour and Redland Bay 's Weinam Creek were declared Priority Development Areas (PDAs) under the Economic Development Act 2012 on 21 June 2013.
Instead of settling for high down payments and rising mortgage rates stateside, Russell made an unexpected choice: he bought a 2.5-acre off-grid island in Finland for just $31,000.
Tiny Perulpa Island is joined by a causeway to Macleay and is generally regarded as part of Macleay. [ citation needed ] The inhabited Southern Moreton Bay Islands are mostly surrounded by the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park , which is also located within Redland City.
Redland Bay is a coastal semi-rural locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Redland Bay had a population of 17,056 people. [1]Since the first European settlers arrived in the mid-19th century, Redland Bay has remained a farming and fishing-based area until the mid-20th century when some of the farms were subdivided and improved transport infrastructure ...
Russell Island in North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands which form Frankland Group National Park, 30 km north-east of Babinda, and south-east of Cairns.A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service campsite exists on the flat end of the island overlooking a beach; the other end of the island is steep with heavy jungle. [1]
Russell Island may refer to: Russell Island (British Columbia), Canada, one of the Gulf Islands; Russell Island (Frankland Islands), in Queensland, Australia;