The Islands
The largest of the Family Islands, their aboriginal names, and their position in the "family" are:
- Dunk Island (Coonanglebah) – the father
- Richards Island (Bedarra) – the mother
- Wheeler Island (Toolgbar) and Coombe Island (Coomba) – the twins
- Smith Island (Kurrumbah), Bowden Island (Budjoo) and Hudson Island (Coolah) – the triplets.
There are also a number of smaller islands:
- Kumboola, which is connected to Dunk Island on particularly low tides
- Mound Island (Purtaboi), which is protected as a sea bird nesting habitat
- Woln Garin, a small island off Dunk Island's south east corner, known locally as "40ft Rock"
- Battleship Rock (Pee-Rahm-Ah), named because of its distinctive shape when seen from the north.
- Thorpe Island (Ti mana), which is privately owned with one residence. This is the only Australian island which is owned Freehold.
Read more about this topic: Family Islands National Park
Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)