Keriri Island is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Torres Strait Island Region The Torres Strait Island Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering part of the Torres Strait Islands. It was created in March 2008 out of 15 autonomous Island Councils during a period of statewide local gove ...

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 , establishe ...

, Australia. It consists only of the island Hammond Island whose only town is also called Hammond Island .In the , Keriri Island had a population of 268 people.

Geography

Hammond Island is the town on the east coast of the island (). Bruce Point is a headland just south of the town (). There are boat launching facilities there.

History

Keriri Island was named as a locality on 2 July 2010. Hammond Island was probably named after naval office Sir

Andrew Snape Hamond Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1st Baronet (17 December 1738 – 12 September 1828) was a British naval officer and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1781 to 1782 and Comptroller of the Navy from 1794 to 1828. Career Born in Blackh ...

by Captain Edward Edwards on September 1791 while travelling to

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, also ...

in the boats after the wreck of HMS Pandora. Bruce Point was named after Robert Gerald Bruce, who worked as a pilot from 1922 to 1964 in the Torres Strait. Following his death 1973, his cremated ashes were scattered at this point. In the , Keriri Island had a population of 268 people.

Education

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School is a private primary (Prep-3) campus at Lot 11 Church Street () of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School headquartered at

Thursday Island Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately north of Cape ...

. Older children take the daily ferry to Thursday Island to attend the main school there. There are no government schools on Keriri Island. However, there are government primary and secondary schools on neighbouring

References

{{Torres Strait Island Region Torres Strait Island Region Localities in Queensland