Take A Trip Into The Rainforest On Fraser Island
| Fraser Island K’gari
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The beach from Indian Head, May 2016
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 Fraser Island
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| Coordinates | 25.24°S 153.15°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 152 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.09184/km2 (0.2379/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4581 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,655.0 km2 (639.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Fraser Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hervey Bay | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Criteria | Natural: vii, viii, ix |
| Reference | 630 |
| Inscription | 1992 (16th Session) |
Fraser Island, officially K’gari (/ˈɡɑːri/ GAH-ree),[2] is a World Heritage-listed sand island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, Queensland, Australia. The island is approximately 250 km (160 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is within the Fraser Coast Region local government area. The world heritage listing includes the island, its surrounding waters and parts of the nearby mainland which make up the Great Sandy National Park. In the 2021 census, the island had a population of 152 people.[1] Up to 500,000 people visit the island each year.
The island is part of the traditional lands of the Butchulla people, under the traditional name of “K’gari”.[3] European settlers who arrived in 1847 named the island “Fraser Island” after Captain James Fraser, master of Stirling Castle, who was shipwrecked and died on the island in early August 1836.[4][5][6] On 7 June 2023, the island was officially renamed K’gari by the state government.[6]
History
Traditional owners
The lands that include the current day island have been inhabited from between 5,000 to 50,000 years by the Butchulla people.[7][8][3] Originally attached to the mainland, K’Gari became an island 10,000—20,000 years ago during rising seas.[9][10]
The K’gari creation story, as told by elder of the Butchulla people Olga Miller, is that Yendingie (also spelling Yindingie) came down from the sky and set to work to make the sea and then the land until, when he arrived at the area now known as Hervey Bay, he was joined by a helper – as beautiful white spirit called Princess K’gari.[11] Tired by their work together he changed her into a beautiful island, then:[12]
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