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Snapper Island (Queensland)

Island in Queensland, Australia

Summary

Island in Queensland, Australia

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name	Snapper Island
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image_name	Snapper-island.jpg
image_caption	Snapper Island
location	Far North Queensland
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area_km2	0.66
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elevation_m	99
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country	Australia
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Queensland

Snapper Island () is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia, some 20 km north of Port Douglas. It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park. Snapper Island is a popular tourism and sea kayaking destination. It is around 66 hectares or 0.66 square km in size.

Indigenous culture

The island is part of the traditional sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. The Kuku Yalanji people hunt and fish around the island and traditionally manage the island's culture.

Other history

In the early 1900s, Jerry Doyle operated a lime kiln on the island, fired by wood from the Daintree, ferried over on a vessel called the "Nellie". Beche-de-mer (sea cucumbers) processing (boiling) may also have been undertaken here. There is evidence of remains of an early Chinese market garden on the island, the watercourse stonework of which is still visible today.

This island was a stopover by George Elphinstone Dalrymple before he discovered the Daintree River.

Flora and Fauna

The island is home to a variety of vegetation communities such as a small mangrove community, closed sclerophyll forest, closed vine forest and some coastal vegetation. It is inhabited by many sea creatures and birds including the pied imperial-pigeons who come here during the summer season.

References

"Snapper Island High Point, Queensland". peakbagger.com.
https://tourismportdouglas.com.au/language-is-the-road-map-of-a-culture
"Map of Snapper Island, QLD".
(2006-01-25). "About {{!}} Snapper Island, Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL)". Queensland Government.
(2006-04-29). "Daintree River - Naming, Discovery & History of Daintree River & Snapper Island - Dan Irby".
(2006-01-25). "About {{!}} Snapper Island, Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL)". Queensland Government.

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