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North Stradbroke Island is the larger of the two, about 38 km long and up to 11 km wide. South Stradbroke Island is about 22 km long and at most 2 km wide. North Stradbroke is the more developed of the two islands, with the three small townships of Dunwich, Amity Point and Point Lookout offering vacation rentals, shops and a range of eateries ...
Eastern wall of the North Gorge, as seen from the Gorge Walk at Point Lookout. North Stradbroke Island (Jandai: Minjerribah [1]), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie, [2] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the centre of Brisbane.
Moreton Bay, Moreton Island, Stradbroke Island and the rest of Redland Bay islands are the traditional homes of the Quandamooka people. The Quandamooka people (Jandai pronunciation: / ˈ k w ɒ n d ə ˌ m ʊ k ə /) are Aboriginal Australians who live around Moreton Bay in Southeastern Queensland.
South Stradbroke Island (Indigenous: Minjerribah [2]), colloquially South Straddie, [3] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The island is a locality within the City of Gold Coast. [4] In 2021 census, South Stradbroke Island had a population ...
Blue Lake is a lake located on North Stradbroke Island in the Australian state of Queensland about 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of the state capital of Brisbane. [citation needed] The lake which is known as a "window lake" [1] and is just under 10 metres (33 ft) deep when full. Water from the lake overflows into the Eighteen Mile Swamp.
The Queensland Aboriginal Protection Association established the mission on the island and known as Minjerribah by the local Aboriginal people, the Quandamooka.In October 1892, an area of 20 hectares (49 acres) was reserved for a mission station at Moongalba, near the northern tip of what is now North Stradbroke Island (after the original single island was divided into two by wave action).
Naree Budjong Djara National Park is a national park on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. [2] It contains the former Blue Lake National Park. [3]
There was a township called Moondarewa located on the southern tip of Stradbroke Island (now South Stradbroke Island).On 9 February 1881 the Queensland Government auctioned 156 town lots at Moondarewa which was described as "southern end of Stradbroke Island and opposite Southport" (. [5]