Moreton Island, Queensland


Moreton Island is a locality in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the, Moreton Island had a population of 243 people.

Geography

The boundary of the locality is that of Morteton Island as a whole with the exception of the three separate localities of Bulwer, Cowan Cowan and Kooringal.

History

The locality name of Moreton Island takes its name from the island of the same name, which was named by Lieutenant Matthew Flinders of HM Colonial Sloop Norfolk on 28 July 1799, taking its name from Moreton Bay. The bay was named by Lieutenant James Cook of in 1770 after James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, who was President of the Royal Society and was influential in obtaining the grant that enables Cook's voyage. The misspelling of the name Morton as Moreton occurred in the published records of the voyage.