The Percy Group is an offshore

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consisting of a number of islands (including the

Percy Isles The Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Geography and history The Northumberland Islands are to the south-east of the city of Mackay roughly between the latitudes 21°S and 22 ...

) in the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...

within the

Isaac Region The Isaac Region is a local government area located in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. In the , the Isaac Region had a po ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. The islands are mostly uninhabitated as they are within national parks and conservation parks. In the , The Percy Group had a population of 4 people.

Geography

The locality is offshore east of Carmila and extends approx into the Coral Sea. There are many small islands in the locality, most of which are in protected areas, including the following larger islands: * Percy Isles National Park: **Pine Peak Island, (). **Middle Island, ( ) **North East Island, () **South Island, () * Northumberland Islands National Park: ** Curlew Island, ( ** Tinonee Peak Island, () * West Hill National Park: ** West Hill Island, () * Broad Sound Islands National Park: ** Poynter Island, () ** Aquila Island, () * Swain Reefs National Park () *Not in a national park: **Rosewood Island, ()

History

The locality takes its name from the Percy Isles within the

Northumberland Islands The Northumberland Islands are a scattered island chain off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Geography and history The Northumberland Islands are to the south-east of the city of Mackay roughly between the latitudes 21°S and 22 ...

, which in turn was named in September 1802 by

Matthew Flinders Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first littoral zone, inshore circumnavigate, circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then ...

, commander of the sloop

HMS Investigator Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Investigator''. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched. The name ''Investigator'' passed on to the Royal Indian Navy and after India's Independence, to its successor the Indian ...

, after the family name of the

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Demographics

In the , The Percy Group had "no people or a very low population". In the , The Percy Group had a population of 4 people.

References

External links

* * {{Isaac Region Isaac Region Localities in Queensland