Frankland Group National Park
Protected area in Queensland, Australia
17°09′49″S 146°00′42″E / 17.16361°S 146.01167°E / -17.16361; 146.01167Frankland Group is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1353 km northwest of Brisbane. The five continental islands of the Frankland Group are High Island, Normanby Island, Mabel Island, Round Island and Russell Island, which lie about 10 km offshore, and are about 45 km south east of Cairns.[1] They are the traditional home of the Mandingalbay Yidinji, and the Gungandji Aboriginal peoples.[2] On 9 June 1770, on the First voyage of James Cook, Cook named the island group after Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet (1718 – 1784).
A large number of birds are supported here, including numerous seabirds, as well as pied imperial pigeons, fruit doves, varied honeyeaters, and white-breasted woodswallows.[3]
See also
Queensland portal
References
- ^ "About The Franklands". The State of Queensland (Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing). Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Frankland Group National Park". The State of Queensland (Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing). Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "About | Frankland Group National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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Australian places named on the First voyage of James Cook in 1770
- 19 April: Point Hicks
- Ram Head
- 20: Cape Howe
- 21 April: Mount Dromedary
- Batemans Bay
- 22 April: Pigeon House
- 25 April: Red Point
- 28 April: Botany Bay*
- 6 May: Port Jackson
- Broken Bay
- 11 May: Point Stephens
- Port Stephens
- Cape Hawke
- 12 May: The Three Brothers
- 13 May: Smoky Cape
- 15 May: Solitary Isles
- Cape Byron
- 16 May: Mount Warning
- 16 May: Point Danger
- 17 May: Point Lookout
- Cape Moreton
- Moreton Bay
- The Glass Houses
- 18 May: Double Island Point
- Wide Bay
- 19 May: Indian Head
- Sandy Cape
- 21 May: Hervey Bay
- Breaksea Spit
- 23 May: Bustard Bay*
- 25 May: Cape Capricorn
- 26 May: Keppel Isles
- 27 May: Keppel Bay
- Cape Manyfold
- 28 May: Shoalwater Bay
- Northumberland Isles
- 31 May: Pier Head
- 1 June: Long Isle
- Broad Sound
- 2 June: Slade Point
- Cape Hillsborough
- 3 June: Cape Conway
- Repulse Bay
- 4 June: Whitsundays Passage
- Pentecost Island
- Cape Gloucester
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Cumberland Islands
- 5 June: Cape Upstart
- 6 June: Magnetical Island
- Palm Isles
- Cleveland Bay
- 8 June: Halifax Bay
- Rockingham Bay
- Dunk Island
- Hillock Point
- Double Point
- 9 June: Frankland Islands
- Fitzroy Island
- Cape Grafton
- 10 June: Green Isle
- Trinity Bay
- Cape Tribulation
- Low Isles
- 13 June: Hope Islands
- 14 June – 4 August: Endeavour River
- Cape Bedford
- 10 August: Cape Flattery
- 11 August: Lizard Island*
- Eagle Island*
- 19 August: Cape Grenville
- Forbes Islands
- Bolt Head
- 20 August: Bird Isles
- Sir Charles Hardy Islands
- 21 August: York Cape
- 22 August: Possession Island*
- Prince of Wales' Isles
- 23 August: Booby Island*
*Places where Cook landed
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