Hinchinbrook is a

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in the Cassowary Coast Region,

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Hinchinbrook had a population of 0 people.

Geography

The locality consists of a number of islands off the Queensland coast. The largest is Hinchinbrook Island while the others are very small in comparison. To the north of Hinchinbrook Island are Garden Island, Goold Island, and the Brook Islands (North Island, Tween Island, Middle Island and South Island). To the east of Hinchinbrook Island are Eva Island and Agnes Island. To the west of Hinchinbrook Island in the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates the island from the mainland) is a group of low-lying islands called the Benjamin Flats and Haycock Island. Much of the locality is protected from development including the

Hinchinbrook Island National Park Hinchinbrook Island National Park is Australia's largest island national park. It is situated along the Cassowary Coast Queensland, Australia. The nearest capital city is Brisbane approximately 1,240 kms to the south. Lucinda is 135 k ...

(covering the whole of Hinchinbrook Island, Eva Island, Agnes Island and Haycock Island),

Goold Island National Park Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island off the coast from Cardwell in Rockingham Bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage ...

(covering all of Goold Island) and

Brook Islands National Park The Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km2. It was established in 1994 and comprises three islands (North, Tween and Midd ...

(including North Island, Tween Island and Middle Island, but not South Island). Hinchinbrook Island is quite mountainous with several peaks, the highest ones being Barra Castle Hill (), Mount Bowen (), The Thumb (), Mount Diamantina () and Mount Straloch (). Benjamin Flats are a sheltered area good for fishing for barramundi, fingermark bream, black jewfish, and big golden grunter.

History

The locality was named after Hinchinbrook Island, which in turn was named on 19 May 1819 by

hydrographer Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary p ...

Lieutenant

Phillip Parker King Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts. Early life and education King was born on Norfolk Island, to Philip Gidley King and Anna Jo ...

on .

References

External links

* * * {{Cite web, url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/brook-islands/, title=Brook Islands National Park, date=24 January 2018, website=Department of Environment and Science, publisher=

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...

Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland