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North Stradbroke IslandNorth Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year the island was separated by a storm from South Stradbroke Island. The island is about 38 km long and 11 km wide. Regular ferry services provide commuting between Cleveland on the mailand and Dunwich on the island. Point Lookout is the most eastern part of Queensland. The native name for the island is Minjerribah but in 1827 Captain H. J. Rous,commander of the HMS Rainbow the first British ship of war to enter Moreton Bay, named it after his father the Earl of Stradbroke. During the 1960s sand-mining operations began impacting on the fragile island environment. As an alternative, development of the island for seaside residential use was mooted and in 1970 a bridge from the mainland via Russell Island was under serious consideration by the Queensland government. However, the rising understanding of the island's environmental and native heritage value was on the rise. In 1991 the Australian Government and sand mining companies ACI and Consolidated Rutile Pty Ltd reached an agreement. Half of North Stradbroke Island would become a National Park in return for a guarantee that mining could continue for the life of several mines in high grade areas 1. Stradbroke Island's most famous local was Oodgeroo Noonuccal, formerly known as Kath Walker, the Aboriginal poet and native-rights campaigner. She was one of the prime-movers of the movement that lead to the 1997 agreement between the local government council and the aboriginal people of the area claiming rights over the island and parts of Moreton Bay. North Stradbroke Island is known for its long clean white beaches in the east, its peacefulness due to a long isolation and its rich diversity of nature varying from whales passing Point Lookout to the many wild orchids in the interior of the island.
Notes - Redland Council history timeline since 1950For further statements on the environmental issues by the people of North Stradbroke see Commonweath of Australia Senate Committee Hansard Report 1998
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