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Night Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville,

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 Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. It lies east of Coen between the first three-mile opening and the second three-mile opening of the Barrier Reef about 100 km south-east of Lockhart River. It is part of the

Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area The Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area comprises ten small islands, with a combined area of 137 ha, on the Great Barrier Reef, off the north-eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Description Most ...

.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Islands North of Port Stewart. Downloaded from on 2011-07-12. The indigenous people of the island were the

Kawadji The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji, are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The name is also used collectively for several peoples in this area, such as the Pontunj / Jangkonj (Y ...

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* Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Important Bird Areas of Queensland Islands of Far North Queensland Great Barrier Reef Marine Park {{Queensland-national-park-stub