Rattlesnake Island is one of the

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s South of the

Great Palm Island Great Palm Island, usually known as Palm Island, is the largest island in the Palm Island, Queensland, Palm Islands group off North Queensland, Northern Queensland, Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal community, the ...

group, northwest of

Magnetic Island Magnetic Island ( Wulguru: ''Yunbenun'') is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville. The island is accessible from Townsvi ...

and directly east of

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in the

Halifax Bay Halifax Bay is a region located around a bay in the Coral Sea, situated on the Australian coast in North Queensland. It is bordered by the town of Ingham to the north, city of Townsville to the south and Great Palm Island off the coast to the ...

, northern Queensland, Australia.

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( No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF) conducts live firing with

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on regular occasions. When the RAAF are not live firing, they also conduct survival courses on the island. A hermit reportedly lived on the island for a number of years.

September 1943 B-25 Mitchell crash

On 23 September 1943, a

B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served ...

bomber crashed 3 miles off the island, while undergoing a live firing test.

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{{Great Palm Island group Islands on the Great Barrier Reef North Queensland

September 1943 B-25 Mitchell crash

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