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James Cook Charters Island
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Mathew Flinders
A group of Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island) people helped Matthew Flinders’ crew find water when they came ashore near Cylinder Beach on their way back to Sydney. This was possibly the first black-white contact on the island. -
1825
Amity Point was set up as Moreton Bay’s first pilot station. -
Dunwich
Dunwich is Established -
Quarintine
Dunwich declared Quarintine station -
Dugon Oil
Dugon oil plant established -
Peel Island
Peel Island becomes the quarintine station as Stradbroke island is set up as an assylum -
Prosperity Shipwreck
The Prosperity ship sinks of point lookout. -
Tourism
Tourism starts at stradbroke island at the point lookout. -
Mission Closed
The Moongalba/Myora mission was closed. Most residents moved to One Mile
where the Moongalba buildings were re erected. The Moongalba families weren’t
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Zinc Mining
Zinc mining begins in stradbroke -
Ferries Begin operating
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New Infrasturcture and mining
A water taxi service started operating. A new jetty was opened at Amity Point. The previous jetty was demolished in 1975 for safety reasons. About 2,000 people took part in a walk against the proposed bridge to North Stradbroke Island. Poet Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) led a protest over a mining lease threatening two middens near the Blue Lake national park. -
Water
Plans to bring water from stradbroke to te mmainland begin -
High school
dunwich high school opened -
Native title
The National Native Title Tribunal began assessing a claim lodged by local residents for native title over North Stradbroke Island and surrounding seas.