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Jan 1, 1500
mapping
Dutch, Portuguese and French probably mapped the coastline around Stradbroke
during the middle decades of the 16th century. -
Captain Cook
James Cook charted the outside of Moreton Bay and it waters and named several
features, including Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island. -
First white and black contact
A group of Minjerribah people helped Matthew Flinders’ crew
find water when they came ashore near Cylinder Beach on their way back to
Sydney. This was quite possibly the first black-white contact on the Island. -
Timbergetters Pamphlett, Finnegan and Parsons
Timbergetters Pamphlett, Finnegan and Parsons were shipwrecked on Moreton
Island and spent the next eight months travelling around Moreton Bay. The
Noonucals at Pulan (Amity Point) looked after them for nearly six weeks. They
housed, fed and advised the trio on canoe making, and saw them off some months
later in the craft they’d made on the island. During their time on Minjerribah
(Stradbroke Island), the three experienced bora gatherings, and ceremonial,
celebratory and gladatorial events -
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Timbergetters Pamphlett
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Shripwrecked in Moreton
Timbergetters Pamphlett, Finnegan and Parsons were shipwrecked on Moreton
Island and spent the next eight months travelling around Moreton Bay. The
Noonucals at Pulan (Amity Point) looked after them for nearly six weeks. They
housed, fed and advised the trio on canoe making, and saw them off some months
later in the craft they’d made on the island. During their time on Minjerribah
(Stradbroke Island), the three experienced bora gatherings, and ceremonial,
celebratory and gladatorial events -
First Pilot Station
Amity Point was set up as Moreton Bay’s first pilot station. -
Noonucals
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John Oxely
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Robert Hoddle
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Allan Cunningham
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J.H.Rous
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Ngugi
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Marie Christenen
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Bert clayton
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quandamooka