Thursday Island
no infomation
Attagoy Island
Or Attagor Island, now called Stephens Island, in the Coral Sea.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2vols, London, 1921, p.181.
Erroob Island
An alternative name for Darnley Island in the Coral Sea
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia , 2 vols, London, 1921, p.178.
Half-way Island
Flinders's name for Zuizin Island in Torres Strait.
Flinders, Matthew, A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in …, London, 1814, vol.2, p.115 and chart.
Gueborar Island
Now called Gabba Island in the Torres Strait.
Rosenman, Helen (trans. and ed.), Two Voyages to the South Seas by Captain(later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville, Melbourne, 1987, p.550.
High Island
Willem Jansz's 1606 name for Prince of Wales Island just north west of
Cape York Peninsula.
Kenny, John, Before the First Fleet Europeans in Australia 1606-1777, Kenhurst, 1995, p.151.
Jervis Island
Now called Mabuiag Island in the Torres Strait.
Rosenman, Helen (trans. and ed.), Two Voyages to the South Seas by Captain(later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville, Melbourne, 1987, p.550.
Lafory's Island
Edward Edwards's name for Horn Island, just east of Thursday Island.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols, London, 1921, p.107.
Lagoon Key
Wiliam Bligh's name for Bird Island, named by Cook, about 160km south east of Thursday Island.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols, London, 1921, p.101.
Larpent Bank
A forgotten name for Booby Island in Torres Straits,
Wells, William Henry, A Geographical Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, Sydney, 1848, p.63.
Mountainous Island
William Bligh's name for Mount Adolphus Island, about 45km east of Thursday Island.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.107.
Mulgrave Island
Now called Badu Island in the Torres Strait.
Rosenman, Helen (trans. and ed.), Two Voyages to the South Seas by Captain(later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C Dumont D'Urville, Melbourne, 1987, p.550.
Muralug Island
Now called Prince of Wales Island, just north west of Cape York Peninsula.
Johnston, W.Ross, The Call of the Land A History of Queensland to the Present Day, Milton, 1982, p.7.
North Wallis Island
Now called Red Wallis Island, about 35 km south west of Thursday Island.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.165.
Rijder's Island
Jean Gonzal's name for Booby Island, about 35 km west of Thursday Island.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2vols, London, 1921, p.78.
Sandwich's Sound
Named after the Earl of Sandwich by Captain Edward Edwards; re-named the
Flinders Passage just east of Thursday Island.
Martin, A. E., Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sydney, 1944.
The Brothers Island
Now called Gabba Island, in the Coral Sea.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia, 2 vols., London, 1921, p.363.
Tutte Island
Now called Warrior Island, in the Coral Sea.
Jack, Robert, Logan, Northmost Australia , 2 vols, London, 1921, p.181.
Wolfs Bay
Flinders's name for part of the Friday Pass between Thursday Island and
Prince of Wales Island.
,Flinders, Matthew, A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing
the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in …, London, 1814,
vol.2, p.342 and chart.
York Isles
So named by Cook, they are now known collectively as the Mount Adolphus
Islands, the name York is now confined to one small and rocky island, just
off the tip of Cape York Peninsula.
Beaglehole, J.C. (ed.), The Voyage of the Endeavour, Cambridge, 1968, p.386.
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