Bourke Isles

Coordinates: 9°54′00″S 143°23′41″E / 9.8999°S 143.3947°E / -9.8999; 143.3947
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Bourke Isles
Yam Island
Administration
StateQueensland
Local government areaTorres Strait Island Region
Demographics
Ethnic groupsTorres Strait Islanders
Aukane Island
Roberts Islet

The Bourke Isles are a group of

Thursday Island and 54 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of Darnley Island.[2]

The Bourke Isles, which comprise seven small islands or islets, are located within the Torres Strait Island Region, a Queensland local government area.

The islands

The named Bourke Isles include:

  • Aukane Islet[1]
  • Aureed Island[3]
  • Bourke Island[1]
  • Kabbikane Islet[1]
  • Layoak Islet[1]
  • Mimi Islet
  • Roberts Islet
  • Yam Island[4]

History

The islands were named in mid-1836 by Charles Lewis, the Commander of the schooner Isabella from the Colony of New South Wales, in honour of Richard Bourke, at the time, the Governor of New South Wales.[1]

Aureed

Further information: Charles Eaton (1833 ship)

In June 1836, the colonial schooner Isabella was despatched from Sydney under Captain Lewis

Mer, but a cabin boy and infant boy had been spared and lived with the Mer people for two years.[6][7] The two survivors were rescued by Captain Lewis, after which Captain Lewis and his crew took masks from Mer while interacting with the local people.[3]

After being told by a group of locals on the island of Massid (

Kulka fraternity of a local cult. Lewis and his men took the skulls and mask, and set fire to everything on the island, including plantations of tobacco. Lewis dubbed the island "Skull Island", although this name was not taken up.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bourke Isles (entry 4080)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Map of Bourke Isles, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Peek, Veronica (16 June 2012). "Part Four: a tale of two boys". Charles Eaton: wake for the melancholy shipwreck. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Iama (Yam Island)". Torres Strait Island Region. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ Peek, Veronica (16 June 2012). "Part Three: their fate is so horrible". Charles Eaton: wake for the melancholy shipwreck. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Charles Eaton: Wake for the melancholy shipwreck". Charles Eaton Shipwreck. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ McInnes, Allan, 1927- (1981). "The wreck of the "Charles Eaton"". Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 11 (4). Royal Historical Society of Queensland: 21–50. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via University of Queensland. Read to a Meeting of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland on 24 February 1983.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (Also here Archived 12 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine.)
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