Family Islands National Park - The Islands

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.