history By g7h8j9k0 Period: Mar 1, 1500 to Mar 15, 2015 stadbroke history the history of stradbroke island Mar 15, 1500 the dutch, portugese and french map the coastline of the island this is the time when the dutch, french and portugese are belived to be the first to map the coastine of stradbroke Mar 15, 1770 Lieutenant James Cook sailed around moreton bayand named many places Mar 15, 1803 the indegenius people of stradbroke help some white people find fresh water on the way to sydney Mar 16, 1813 dunich settled Mar 16, 1828 cotton frming begins Mar 16, 1840 the land and coastline began to be surveyed Mar 16, 1850 dunich became aquarantine station Mar 16, 1864 dunich stopped being a quarantine Mar 16, 1901 moreton bays oysters were being eaten by mud worm