Albany Island
Native name: Pabaju | |
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Geography | |
Archipelago | Torres Strait Islands |
Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Administration | |
Albany Island or Pabaju is an island off the north-eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula in the Adolphus Channel of Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Somerset in the Shire of Torres.[1]
Geography
Albany Island is off the north-eastern coast in the
The island is a part of the Maner group of islands and the
The island was surveyed in 1848 by Owen Stanley RN and part of the island was named Port Albany (10°43′58″S 142°36′01″E / 10.7327°S 142.6004°E).[7]
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The wreck of the RMS Quetta, a passenger ship that sank in 1890, lies just off Albany Island. The ship hit an uncharted rock and sank in a very short time killing 134 people.[11]
History
Djagaraga (also known as Yadhaigana, Dyagaraga and Yagulleone) is of the languages from the tip of
The island was surveyed in the mid 1860s, as planning was underway to build settlement and a port on the island[4]
The island was named Albany in 1846 by Lieutenant Yule of HMS Rattlesnake, in honour of Frederick, Duke of Albany, who was the brother of King George IV. Albany Island is also closely associated with one of Queensland's worst maritime disasters, this being the tragic sinking of the RMS Quetta. The passenger ship Quetta, struck an uncharted rock in the Adolphus Channel, just off Albany Island in 1890, with the loss of 134 people.[13][4]
Footnotes
- ^ "Albany Island – island in the Shire of Torres (entry 211)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Albany Passage – passage in the Shire of Torres (entry 212)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Randall, Brian (27 November 2018). "Queensland Places - Albany Island". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "GoannaTracks: 2009 Cape York 3 - Albany Island & the Tip". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Moore (1979), p. 299.
- ^ Great Britain. Hydrographic Department; Stanley, Owen, 1811–1850; Bate, R. B. (Robert Brettell); J. & C. Walker (1849), Australia, Port Albany, Published according to Act of Parliament, at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty : Sold by R.B. Bate, Agent for the Admiralty charts, 21 Poultry, archived from the original on 2 June 2021, retrieved 2 June 2021
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ganter (1994), p. 223.
- ^ Firth & Firth (1995), pp. 16–17.
- ^ "Cape York Fishing & Tour Guides – Cape York, Queensland Australia". www.capeyorkinfo.org. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ "Shipwreck - Quetta RMS". Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Places – Albany Island | State Library Of Queensland". www.slq.qld.gov.au. 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
References
- Bowen, George (1864). “New Settlement at Cape York, and Survey within Great Barrier Reef,” Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1863–1864), pp. 114–121.
- Firth, Dawn W. and Clifford B. (1995). Cape York Peninsula. Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0469-9.
- Ganter, Regina (1994). The Pearl-Shellers of Torres Strait. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84547-9.
- Moore, David R. (1979). Islanders and Aborigines at Cape York. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. ISBN 0-391-00948-6 (soft cover).10°43′48″S 142°36′18″E / 10.730°S 142.605°E