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    Cape Moreton is a rocky headland at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. The surrounding area is part of the Moreton...
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    Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the...
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  • Queensland Moreton Island, a large island within the bay Cape Moreton, a rocky headland on the north eastern tip of Moreton Island City of Moreton Bay, a...
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    almost all of the locality is within the Moreton Island National Park. Cape Moreton Lighthouse is on Cape Moreton, the north-eastern point of the island...
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    Cape Moreton Light, also listed as North Point Range Rear Light, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland located...
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    island is home to Queensland's oldest operating lighthouse located at Cape Moreton on the northern tip of the island. The township of Cowan was home to...
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    northern passage into Moreton Bay and Brisbane, at least five lighthouses were constructed on the island, starting with Cape Moreton Light in 1857 (167 years...
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    (then Moreton Bay) on 21 October 1848 on board the Ann Mary. This scheme continued until 1852. In 1857, Queensland's first lighthouse was built at Cape Moreton...
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  • Smith's Rock, which lies about two nautical miles (4 km) north-east of Cape Moreton, and sank on 24 February 1894. The remains of the ship now lie upright...
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    ship to arrive in Moreton Bay was the Artemisia in 1848.[citation needed] In 1857, Queensland's first lighthouse was built at Cape Moreton.[citation needed]...
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    9 September 1873. Retrieved 21 January 2023 – via Trove. "Shipping - Cape Moreton". The Brisbane Courier. 20 July 1866. Retrieved 21 January 2023 – via...
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    had been torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-177, south east of Cape Moreton, near Brisbane. Later it escorted LST's to Woodlark Island for an unopposed...
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  • one of three Quandamooka peoples, and the traditional inhabitants of Moreton Island. The Ngugi language was called guwar, a term that, by extension...
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    rewarding panoramic views. Moreton Island is also home to a variety of wildlife, including dolphins, turtles, and dugongs. Cape Moreton Light is Queensland's...
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    South Wales, Captain John Hunter, dated 14 July 1799 he wrote: At dusk Cape Moreton bore west two or three miles, and the highest glass house, whose peak...
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    during the weekend of 12–13 December 2009. The initial search area off Cape Moreton covered 1,365 square kilometres (527 sq mi), the search team being given...
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    Wales. The Cape Don was built in Newcastle by the NSW State Dockyard in 1962. She, along with her two identical sister ships Cape Moreton and Cape Pillar...
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  • additional specimens from Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Cape Moreton, Queensland. It has been reported from Vanuatu and Sulawesi. This nudibranch...
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    Flinders Reef (category Moreton Island)
    Flinders Reef is a small isolated reef near Moreton Island, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Cape Moreton in South East Queensland, Australia. It has...
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  • tonnes) of ammonium nitrate spilled into the Coral Sea, off the coast from Cape Moreton. 100,000 litres of oil washed up on the coasts of Queensland resulting...
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    9 February on the last leg of her patrol. On 13 February she sighted Cape Moreton Light, and shortly thereafter on the same day arrived at New Farm Wharf...
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    from Brisbane to Cape Moreton, Double Island Point, Sandy Cape, Bustard Head, Cape Capricorn, Flat Top Island, Cape Bowling Green, Cape Cleveland, Cooktown...
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    search was on for the magic four figure shark.  In June 1976 Queensland's Cape Moreton, famous for its great white sharks whose feeding grounds were associated...
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    Fort Cowan Cowan (category Moreton Island)
    to guide vessels through the passages of Moreton Bay. This was followed by the building of the Cape Moreton Lighthouse in 1857, at the northerly tip of...
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    The Artemisia was the first immigrant ship to arrive in Moreton Bay bringing the first assisted free settlers from England. She was a barquentine of 492...
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    plagued by mechanical and electrical failures. On 20 July, she sighted Cape Moreton Light, and on 21 July she moored alongside the submarine tender USS Griffin (AS-13)...
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    Government of Queensland and the fourteenth in total in Queensland, Cape Moreton Light being constructed by the New South Wales Government. It was built...
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    from 88 to 285 mm in length. It is endemic to Australia, found from Cape Moreton, Queensland to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, including Tasmania....
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  • include Cape Don Light, East Vernon Light, Emery Point Light, Cape Hotham Light and Cape Fourcroy. Of these five, three can be considered "siblings", Cape Hotham...
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    waters around Moreton Island. On Moreton Island, 290 people worked to clean up the oil, with most focusing on Middle Creek and Cape Moreton. Even though...
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