Goold Island National Park

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Goold Island National Park
Goold Island
Goold Island
Goold Island National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 18 ° 10 ′ 1 ″  S , 146 ° 10 ′ 16 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Granite rocks, sandy beaches, lights eucalyptus forest, rainforest
Next city: Cardwell
Surface: 8.23 km²
Founding: 1936
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The Goold Island National Park (English: Goold Island National Park ) is a national park in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is located 1,250 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 25 kilometers northeast of Cardwell off the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island .

history

Before the arrival of the Europeans, this area was inhabited by the Bandjin Aboriginal people for thousands of years . They left behind a variety of stone traps and køkkenmøddinger made from shells that can still be found all over the island today.

Even today, the survivors of the often brutal land seizure by the Europeans appreciate Goold Island as part of their maritime territory and appreciate it. In December 2005, Goold Island was included in Australia's first Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreement .

National nature and flora

The 8.23 ​​square kilometer island is mostly covered with light granite rocks and eucalyptus forest. There is rainforest in the narrow valleys and the streams do not carry water all year round. There are sandy beaches around the island. The island is also part of the range of the Victoria Bird of Paradise .

Facilities and access

Campers must bring all equipment and their own drinking water. Permission must be obtained and the number is limited. Watch out for box jellyfish in summer .

The island can be reached by ferry or private boats.

Neighboring islands

The nearby Brook Islands are smaller and consist of North Island, Tween Island, Middle Island, and South Island . The first three are grouped together in Brook Islands National Park and are mainly used as a nesting site for seabirds. These must not be disturbed in their nesting business. Further north is the Family Islands National Park , in the south the much larger Hinchinbrook Island National Park .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13
  4. ^ Goold Island National Park - Culture . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved July 1, 2008
  5. ↑ Bandjin - Sea Country , Screen Australia Searchable Film database Retrieved on June 28, 2009 ( memento of the original from October 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.afc.gov.au
  6. ^ Sustainable traditional use of marine resources . Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2009
  7. ↑ a b c Goold Island National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved November 15, 2012
  8. ↑ PJ Higgins, JM Peter and SJ Cowling: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds: Volume 7 Boatbill to Starlings, Part A: Boatbill to Larks . Oxford University Press, Melbourne 2006, ISBN 978-0-195-55884-5 . P. 644