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Now called Red Hill, about 95 km south west of Bowen. Neal, Joan Carmichael, Beyond the Burdekin : pioneers, prospectors, pastoralists : a history of the Dalrymple Shire, 1879-1979, Charters Towers, Qld. : Mimosa Press for the Dalrymple Shire Council, 1984, p.90. Banana Pocket There was a Chinese Banana plantation here; since 1924 it has been called Lethebrook, about 70Km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.28. Bramble Island Commander G.S. Nares's name for Double Cone Island, so named from its appearance, about 50 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.87. Chings Island Very likely named for J. L. Ching, a trader in dugong oil, now called Acacia Island, about 110 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.167. Forest Island Now called Cid Island, so named by Commander G.S.Nares in 1866, about 75 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp.46, 82. Fort Cooper Ranges Now called the Clarke Range, about 100 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.171. Horseshoe Bay Since 1936 it has been called Airlie Beach, about 55km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.24. Kinnahaird This forgotten township was surveyed in 1867 at 20°14', 147°47', about 50km south west of Bowen. Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.293. Mount Jessie So named for a four year old Jessie Dagg who was lost here, but happily found the next morning. Now called Scrubby Hill, about 55km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.117. Mount Olden Since 1979 it has been called Mount Oldfield, on Lindeman Island, about 95km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, p.174. Normanby Named after the Marquis of Normanby, then Governor of Queensland, this forgotten gold mining town was surveyed in 1872 at 20°30', 148°15', about 50km south of Bowen. Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.295. Passage Island Now called Hamilton Island, perhaps after a crew member of Commander G. S. Nares, about 85 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp. 92-3. Pine Island So named in 1868 by Commander H.M.Bingham because of its hoop pines; since 1961 it has been called Volskow Island after a local fisherman, about 105 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp.183-4. Pine Island So named by P.P.King because of the hoop pines there; now called Nicolson Island after Angus Nicolson, founder of the Lindeman Island tourist resort in the 1930s; about 75 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp.170 Port Denison Named after the governor of New South Wales but changed to Bowen in 1863 after the first governor of Queensland. Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G., Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, p.322. Preston Beach Now called Conway Beach, derived from Cook's naming Cape Conway after H. S. Conway, politician and soldier; about 70 km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp.51-2. Red Hill Now called Koolachu, about 10 km north east of Proserpine. 20°19' 148°30'. Kerr, John, A Crystal Century The History of Proserpine's Sugar Mill, its Farms and its People, Proserpine, 1997, p.58. Shoalwater Bay Now called Port Bowen. McDonald, Lorna, Gladstone, city that waited, Gladstone, 1988, p.5. Stone Island Now called Cole Island, probably after A. E. Cole, Director General of the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, about 90km south east of Bowen. Blackwood, Ray, Whitsunday Islands : an historical dictionary, Rockhampton, 1997, pp.50-1. Thompson's Creek Siding Now called Gunyarra, about 10km south of Proserpine. Kerr, John, A Crystal Century The History of Proserpine's Sugar Mill, its Farms and its People, Proserpine, 1997, p.87. |