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First Encounter
Captain Cook first discovered Australia and Stradbroke island. -
Contact
The Minjerribah people helped Mathew Flinders' crew to find water after they came ashore on cylinder beach. This was the first recorded white - black contact. -
Shipwreck
A ship sunk in Moreton bay and the three passengers spent the next eight months with the Aboriginals until they left using canoes that hey had made. -
The Naming
Minjerribah was renamed Stradbroke in honour of the first captain to enter Moreton bay. -
Cotton
A cotton plantation was established on the island but was abandonded soon after. -
Rising Tensions
Dunwhich settlement becomes a timber depot and is closed to the public. While more increasing conflict between the indeginous and white people are occuring. -
Missionaries
4 people set up a missonary to try and convert aboriginals to christianity. -
Quarantine
Dunwich was proclaimed as Stradborkes quarantine station and barely a week later a ship arrived with typhus on board. 56 people died from the disease. -
No more quarantine
The Quarantine station at Dunwich was closed, however it was still used if the need arose. -
Asylum
The Dunwich quarantine station was converted into the Benevolent Asylum which opened in this year. -
The Split
A souternly gale finally broke through the thinest part of the island seperating it into two parts, the north and the south. -
Fishing Catastrophy
The fishery industry was severly impacted in a break out of mud worm. Leading to many people losing their jobs as it was a big employer. -
Prosperity
The Prosperity sank off the coast of Stradbroke leaving only 5 survivours. -
Tourism
This was the time where the tourism industry was set up on stradbroke. -
Lighthouse
The Point Lookout Lighthouse was built with the cylinders being built on cylinder beach, hence the name. -
Mining
The first sand mining began on Stradbroke using shovels and trucks. -
Ferry's
The first vehicular ferry sevice came to stradbroke making tourism easier. Also the Benevolent asylum closed and was made open to tourists. -
More Mining
Mining for Rutile and Zircon began on the island making it the islands most major employer. -
More Ferries
The ferries began to operate fully bringing an influx of new tourists.