South Wellesley Islands

South Wellesley Islands
Queensland
South Wellesley Islands is located in Queensland
South Wellesley Islands
South Wellesley Islands
Coordinates17°00′13″S 139°21′48″E / 17.0037°S 139.3634°E / -17.0037; 139.3634 (South Wellesley Islands (centre of locality))
Population0 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4871
Area144.2 km2 (55.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Shire of Mornington
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Location map of the South Wellesley Islands

The South Wellesley Islands is an island group and locality in the Gulf of Carpentaria within the Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia. The group is separate from the Wellesley Islands.

Bentinck Island is the only one known to have been inhabited in the past. In the 2021 census, South Wellesley Islands had "no people or a very low population".[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).