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Eastern wall of the North Gorge, as seen from the Gorge Walk at Point Lookout. North Stradbroke Island (Jandai: Minjerribah [1]), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie, [2] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the centre of Brisbane.
Stradbroke Island, also known as Minjerribah, was a large sand island that formed much of the eastern side of Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Queensland until the late 19th century. Today the island is split into two islands: North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island , separated by the Jumpinpin Channel .
The North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah is a community museum founded in 1987 to present the history of North Stradbroke Island.It is found at 15-17 Welsby Street, in Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island.
The Queensland Aboriginal Protection Association established the mission on the island and known as Minjerribah by the local Aboriginal people, the Quandamooka.In October 1892, an area of 20 hectares (49 acres) was reserved for a mission station at Moongalba, near the northern tip of what is now North Stradbroke Island (after the original single island was divided into two by wave action).
Moreton Bay, Moreton Island, Stradbroke Island and the rest of Redland Bay islands are the traditional homes of the Quandamooka people. The Quandamooka people (Jandai pronunciation: / ˈ k w ɒ n d ə ˌ m ʊ k ə /) are Aboriginal Australians who live around Moreton Bay in Southeastern Queensland.
Brown Lake (Bummeria) is a perched lake on North Stradbroke Island, in South-East Queensland, Australia. [4] The ecosystem is an example of a coastal non-floodplain sand lake [5] and is characterised by acidic water, nutrient-poor and sandy soil, shrub-like vegetation and wet heathland.