Sand island in Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
This article is about the island in Australia. For the locality on part of the island, see K'gari, Queensland. For the island in Canada's Nunavut Territory, see Fraser Island (Nunavut).
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]
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^"How to Pronounce K'gari". Land Queensland. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023 – via YouTube.
^"Traditional Owners—Butchulla people". Parks and Forests: Department of Environment, Science and Innovation. Queensland Government. 10 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024.
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^"SHIP NEWS". The Sydney Herald. Vol. VI, no. 519. New South Wales, Australia. 17 October 1836. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ab"About the name change". Department of Resources. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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