South Wellesley Islands
Coordinates: 17°03′43″S 139°29′42″E / 17.062°S 139.495°E
The South Wellesley Islands, located south of the Wellesley Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, are (west to east):
- Allen Island
- Horseshoe Island
- Albinia Island
- Bentinck Island, where a massacre of indigenous inhabitants, including women and children, occurred in 1918 by colonist 'McKenzie'. [1] [2]
- Fowler Island
- Sweers Island
- Southern part of Bentinck Island and Albinia Island
- Bentinck Island with the Australian continent in the background
- the small Fowler Island is located between Seers Island and Bentinck Island
- Location of Bentinck Island
- Southern part of Sweers Island
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References
- ↑ Bruce Elder (1998). Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788. Page 203 - 206: New Holland Publishers. ISBN 1-86436-410-6.
- ↑ http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p71761/pdf/article033.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj07-7pgJjZAhUJXrwKHRr-C3IQFjAAegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1RsLcN8Rq-KEEwkzBMZbF
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