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Horn Island is known as Nœrupai (colloquially Nurupai or Nguruapai) to the Kaurareg people and was given its English name by Matthew Flinders in 1802. [5] [6]The town of Wasaga was named on 1 April 1971 by the Queensland Place Names Board after Wasaga Billy, the first leader of the Horn Island community.
State Library of Queensland, Set 72157619069076428, ID 5279596344, Original title Group portrait of young girls on Christmas card, Queensland, 1910-1920 File usage The following page uses this file:
Climate data for Thursday Island was sourced from Horn Island, which is 8.7 km ENE of Thursday Island. Thursday Island has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw), with a wet season from December to April and a dry season from May to November. Temperatures remain hot year-round, with average maxima ranging from 29.0 °C (84.2 °F) in July to ...
Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is also a locality within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. [3]
Haggerstone Island; Hales Island (Queensland) Halfway Islet; Hampton Island; Hannibal Islands; Harvey Island; Hay Island (Queensland) Haycock Island; Hicks Island; High Island (Queensland) Hinchinbrook Island; Hinchinbrook Island National Park; Horn Island, Queensland; Houghton Island; Howick Island; Hudson Island
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A pilot station was built in 1825 elsewhere on the island, on Amity Point, lighting the South Passage into Moreton Bay. [2] In 1848 this pilot station was also moved. [1] A lighthouse on Point Lookout was finally constructed in 1932, the first settlement at the point.
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history. The place has potential to reveal valuable information about the early work of Thursday Island-born artist, David Sing, who achieved international status with his traditionalist oil paintings.