Falcon Island

This article is about an island off Northern Queensland. For the TV series, see Falcon Island (TV series). For the submarine volcano in Tongan waters, see Fonuafo'ou.
Falcon Island
(Carbooroo)
Falcon Island and surrounds
Geography
Coordinates18°46′08″S 146°31′59″E / 18.769°S 146.533°E / -18.769; 146.533
ArchipelagoPalm Islands, Queensland
Administration

Falcon Island is one of the islands in the Palm Islands group, off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The nearest island is Esk Island. The Nyawaygi name of the island is Carbooroo. Along with nine of the other islands within the Palm Islands group, it falls under the local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island.[1]

The island was gazetted as an Aboriginal reserve on 20 September 1941, along with neighbouring small islands, with the intention of extending Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement, but it was never used as such.[2]

  1. ^ "2015 Local Government Boundaries: Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council" (map). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland 1Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland" (PDF). Queensland Government. Department of Communities?. Retrieved 3 March 2020.