Struck Island
Geography
LocationNorthern Australia
Coordinates16°10′19″S 145°26′53″E / 16.172°S 145.448°E / -16.172; 145.448
Area0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi)
Administration
StateQueensland

Struck Island is an island in Alexandra Bay about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Port Douglas. It is within the Hope Islands National Park.[1] It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. It's very little in size. It's just 1 hectares or 0.01 square km in size.[2]

Aboriginal culture

The Kuku Yalanji people have a tribal belief that Thornton Beach is a place which can stimulate fertility. It was once the practice for the young women of the tribe to spend time on Thornton Beach before they went to an offshore island (Struck Island) to receive their tribal scars and other marks of womanhood and marriageability.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About | Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL)". Parks and forests. Queensland Government. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Map of Struck Island, QLD".
  3. ↑ Chris Davidson (2004) Cassowary care


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