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Bulwer Island

Island in Australia

Summary

Island in Australia

Field	Value
name	Bulwer Island
native_name
sobriquet
image_name	Bulwer_from_Fort_Lytton_1a.jpg
image_caption	Bulwer Island from Fort Lytton
location	Northern Australia
coordinates
area_km2	1.2
length_km
width_km
coastline_km
highest_mount
country	Australia
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Queensland
country_admin_divisions_title_1	City
country_admin_divisions_1	Pinkenba

Bulwer Island is a 120 ha reclaimed tidal mangrove island at the mouth of the Brisbane River in the suburb of Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the British Colonial Secretary who separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and made Sir George Bowen its first Governor.

Air crash

In May 1961 a TAA DC-4 airliner crashed onto Bulwer Island during landing at Brisbane Airport. The pilot had suffered cardiac arrest and slumped over the control column preventing the co-pilot from regaining control before the plane dived into the mud of the island.

Oil refinery

Main article: Bulwer Island Refinery

Land was reclaimed joining the island to the mainland commencing in 1963. An oil refinery commenced operations in 1965, and was converted to an import terminal in 2015.

Lighthouse

Main article: Bulwer Island Light

A lighthouse, known as Bulwer Island Light, stood on the island between 1912 and 1983, as part of a pair of leading light. In 1983 it was replaced by a skeletal tower and relocated to the Queensland Maritime Museum in Brisbane.

References

{{Cite QPN. 5169. Bulwer Island. neighbourhood in the City of Brisbane
[http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bulwer/intro.html The Victorian Web: Sir Edward G. D. Bulwer-Lytton]
{{cite rowlett. qld

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