Straddie By joakes Jan 1, 1770 James Cook came Period: Mar 8, 1770 to Mar 8, 1990 Stradbroke Island Mar 6, 1803 Pamphelett, Finngegan, Parsons Mar 6, 1823 Noonucals Trible They were a tribe of Aboriginal people Mar 6, 1827 John Oxely came Mar 6, 1828 Cotton Plantation was established A cotton plantation was established but was then abandoned soon after. Mar 8, 1840 Surveying Stradbroke Robert Dixon began surveying straddie Mar 8, 1843 Missonaries where set up Mar 8, 1859 Aborigines began being inployed to harvest dugong Mar 8, 1865 Aborigines began being payed to work Mar 8, 1876 Straddie oysters were harvested Mar 8, 1889 Islands first school was made Mar 8, 1897 Aborigines protection act was made Mar 8, 1903 Dunwich Prvisional school was opened Mar 8, 1922 Amity point got its first telephone service Mar 8, 1934 first bus from Amity Point to Point lookout Mar 8, 1941 School closed on the Island Mar 8, 1956 First Stradbroke representative was appointed Mar 8, 1966 St Paul Catholic church was built Mar 8, 1983 A water taxi service started operating Mar 8, 1987 Island residents protested against sending fresh water to mainland Mar 8, 1991 Firebrigads were set up at Point Lookout