north stradebroke island

timespan

Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1997

mapping of coastline

Jul 18, 1500

the dutch, portugease and french had maped the cosat line in the mid 16th century

james cook

Feb 20, 1700

james cook sailed around morten bay and named features and places on stradebroke island, such as point lookout

1st black and white contact

Apr 19, 1803

matthew flinders aboarded stradebroke island and made the first contact with the island people, where they then helped flinders find water