Fraser Island, Queensland
K'gari, also known as Fraser Island, is a locality on the island of K'gari in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the  the locality then known as Fraser Island (and not the island as a whole) had a population of 182 people.

History 

Sandy Cape Provisional School opened circa 1874 and closed circa 1915.

Wungoolba State School opened in 1920 and closed circa 1921.

North White Cliffs State School opened on 1921 and closed in 1925.

Fraser Island Provisional School opened on 13 July 1937 and closed in 1941.

The locality, comprising most but not all of the land on the island of K'gari, then called Fraser Island, was created in the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland.

On 7 June 2023, both the geographical feature and the locality were officially renamed K'gari.

Geography 

The island of K'gari (previously known as Fraser Island) is divided into two localities: this K'gari locality consisting of most of the land and the locality of Eurong on the east coast of the island.

Happy Valley is the only town in the locality (), located on the east coast of the locality, north of Eurong.

Almost all of the locality is within the Great Sandy National Park except for isolated pockets of development at Orchid Beach, Maheno Beach, Happy Valley, Dilli Village, Kingfisher Bay Resort and near Moon Point.

Mountains and valleys 

The locality has the following mountains, sand dunes, and valleys:

 Anvilstone Sand Blow, a dune (), named for the specimens of stones that were used in the preparation of Aboriginal food
Badjala Sand Blow, a dune (), named for the Aboriginal clan which occupied the central section of the island
Ban'ga Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word meaning Zamia
Ba'pun Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word meaning moon
Bare Hill () 
Beemeer Sand Blow, a dune ()
Beerall Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning God of the Butchulla People
 Bimjella Hill ()
Binngih Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language name for Waddy Point
Birre Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word meaning hand
 Boomanjin Hill, formerly Mount Boemingen () 
 Burrgum Hill, formerly Boomerang Hill () 
Buwan Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word meaning sleepy
Carree Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language for the Sandy Cape area
Carroor Sand Blow, a dune ()
Dhu'lar Hill (), named using the Badtjala language meaning blackbutt tree
Di'bing Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language meaning mosquito
 Diray Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language meaning star
 Duling Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language meaning shell necklace or shell for making ornaments
 Dulingbara Sand Blow, a dune (), named for the Aboriginal clan which occupied the southern section of Fraser Island and part of the Cooloola Coast, meaning people of the nautilus shell ornament
 Flinders Sand Blow, a dune (), named as the landing site of Matthew Flinders in 1802
 Ganay Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning long heavy spear made from split hardwood
 Gandus Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language, meaning children
 Gira Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning fire
 Guluri Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning canoe
 Gumari Sand Blow,a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning shield
 Hammerstone Sand Blow, a dune (), named after specimens of the Aboriginal hammerstones discovered on Fraser Island
 Jun Jaree Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language, meaning fairy or pixie
 Kirrar Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word Kir'a, meaning fire
 Knifeblade Sand Blow, a dune (), named for the specimens of small Aboriginal tools found there
 Koorooman Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language, meaning kangaroo
 Kooroy Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language, meaning opossum
 Leading Hill () 
Markwells Spur, a ridge ()
Marong Ridge, a ridge, formerly Mount Marong ()
Milung Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word, meaning evil spirit
Ngiya Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word, meaning sand
Ngulungbara Sand Blow, a dune (), named after an Aboriginal clan which occupied the northern section of the island
 Nulwarr Hill () 
 Pine Hill ()
Quartztool Sand Blow, a dune (), named after the specimens of Aboriginal tools made from quartz pebbles found there
 Poyungan Hill ()
 Station Hill ()
 Poyungan Valley ()
 Rainbow Gorge ()
Stonetool Sand Blow, a dune (), named after the specimens of the most complete undisturbed Aboriginal campsite found there
The Bluff, a mountain () 
 Tuk'ka Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word, meaning grass tree
 Tukkee Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language name for Indian Head
 Waddy, a hill ()
 Warbu Sand Blow, a dune (),named using the Badtjala language word, meaning frog
 Winnam Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word, meaning breadfruit
 Wul'lan Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word, meaning pretty-faced wallaby
 Wungai Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word, meaning carpet snake
 Wun'gul Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Badtjala language word, meaning swamp oak tree
 Wurgu Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word, meaning east wind.
 Yurru Sand Blow, a dune (), named using the Butchulla language word, meaning fishline, string, or rope

Coastal features 
The locality has the following capes, points, and beaches along its coast:

 Arch Cliff ()
Blackfellow Point ()
 Boonlye Point ()
 Coongul Point ()
Corroboree Beach ()
 Elbow Point ()
 Hook Point, also known as Torerr in the Badtjala language ()
 Indian Head (), named on 20 May 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of the HM Bark Endeavour because he described it as "...on which a number of Natives were assembled...", also known as Tukkee in the Badtjala language meaning stone or stone knife
Maheno Beach (), which extends from Eli Creek to The Pinnacles and takes its name from the wreck of the SS Maheno
Manann Beach (), the name derives from the Kabi language meaning carrying water
 Moon Point ()
North White Cliffs ()
Orchid Beach (), which extends from South Ngkala Rocks to Waddy Point
 Rooney Point ()
 Sandy Cape, also known as Woakoh (), named for its physical appearance on 20 May 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of the HM Bark Endeavour
 Sandy Point ()
Seventy Five Mile Beach ()
South White Cliffs ()
Triangle Cliff ()
 Waddy Point, also known as Minker ()
Yathon Cliffs ()

Creeks and lakes 
There are many creeks and lakes within the locality:

 Akuna Creek ()
 Aldridge Creek ()
 Allom Lake ()
 Awinya Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning crossing place
 Basin Lake ()
 Beeliwa Lagoon (), the name refers to the casuarina tree in the Kabi language
 Bennet Creek ()
 Biddierr Creek (), the name is from the Kabi language meaning crab hole.
 Black Creek ()
 Black Lagoon ()
 Blowah Lakes ()
 Boolla Lagoons (), the name is from the Kabi language word for two.
 Boomerang Lakes ()
 Boon Boon Creek, formerly Bun Bun Creek (), the name is from the Kabi language meaning call of the swamp pheasant
 Bowal Creek ()
 Bowarrady Creek ()
 Bridge Creek ()
 Calarga Lagoon (), named for the Kabi language word for sparrow hawk
 Coolooloi Creek (), the name derived from the Kabi language word kululu meaning cypress pine (Callitris columellaris)
 Coomboo Lakes ()
 Coonangoor Creek (), the name being the Kabi word for human excreta
 Coondagarramine Creek i(), the name being a Kabi language word in the Badjala dialect meaning shallow water or little water.
 Coongul Creek i(), believe to be a Kabi language word in the Ngulungbara dialect meaning salt water
 Coonoagarramine Creek ()
 Coorong Creek (), the name referring to the Moreton Bay Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)
 Cubbih Creek (), believed to derive from the Kabi language word for honey.
 Cypress Creek ()
 Deep Creek, also known as Dilgarring Creek (), the name Dilgarring is believed to be the Kabi language word for the Acacia (wattle) tree
 Deepwater Lake ()
 Dibing Swamp (), the name is derived from the Badtjala language, referring to the white flowered tea-tree, variant "Di'bing"
 Duck Creek ()
 Dundonga Creek, formerly Dungonga Creek ()
 Dundubara Creek (), the name being a Kabi language word meaning flies.
 Eli Creek ()
 Figtree Lake, also known as Lake Goomboor (), the name Goomboor being the Kabi language word for bald head
 Freshwater Lakes ()
 Geewan Creek ()
 Gerowweea Creek, formerly known as First Creek (), the name derived from Kabi language words meaning flying fox (a type of fruit bat)
 Goochee Lagoon i(), the name deriving from a Kabi language word meaning sand goanna
 Govi Creek, formerly Second Creek (), the name deriving from the Kabi language word meaning native bee and honey.
 Happy Valley Creek ()
 Hidden Lake ()
 Jabiru Swamp ()
 Kurrnung Creek ()
 Lake Barga (), the name believed to derive from Kabi language words meaning come on.
 Lake Benaroon (), the name believed to be derive from the Kabi language word meaning tight.
 Lake Birrabeen ()
 Lake Boomanjin, formerly Lake Boemingen ()
 Lake Bowarrady ()
 Lake Carree ()
 Lake Garawongera ()
 Lake Garry ()
 Lake Geeoong (), the name derived from the Kabi language word meaning white cockatoo
 Lake Gnarann (), the name derived from the Kabi language words meaning cracked bark
 Lake Jennings ()
 Lake Marong ()
 Lake McKenzie, also known as Boorangoora ()
 Lake Minker (), the name derived from the Kabi language word meaning forest box tree
 Lake Wabby ()
 Lake Wanhar ()
 Lake White ()
 Lake Woonjeel (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language words meaning dark water or darkness.
 Lake Yeenan ()
 Manoolcoong Lakes (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language words meaning death adder.
 Meereenyoor Creek ()
 Moondoora Lagoon (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language word meaning red ant
 Ngarr Lagoon (), the name derived from the Kabi language word meaning white ant
 Ocean Lake ()
 Panama Creek ()
 Poyungan Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language word for tree grub
 Red Lagoon, also known as Walameboulha ()
 Running Creek ()
 Salt Creek ()
 Semaphore Creek ()
 Sheep Station Lagoons ()
 Taleerba Creek, formerly Third Creek (), the name is believed to derive from the Kabi language word meaning small vine
 Tenimby Creek ().
 Thow-wool Lagoon (), the named believed to derive from the Kabi language words meaning alone, solitary. or lonely
 Tooloora Creek, formerly known as Fourth Creek (), reportedly derived from Kabi language word meaning louse.
 Tootawwah Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language word for small nut
 Towoi Creek (), the name believed to be derive from the Kabi language word meaning sardine
 Towoi Swamp (), the name also meaning sardine
 Ungowa Creek ()
 Urang Creek ()
 Urow-Wa Lakes (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning tea tree.
 Wang-ann Lagoon (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning carpet snake
 Wathumba Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning place of the dead
 Wathumba Swamp ()
 Wocco Lagoon (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language word meaning mopoke.
 Woocoonba Lagoons ().
 Woralie Creek ()
 Wyuna Creek ()
 Yankee Jack Creek, also known as Tumbowah Creek ()
 Yankee Jack Lake ()
 Yeenyargoor Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning edible vine
 Yeerall Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning small fish
 Yidney Creek (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language in the Badjala dialect meaning mystical or god figure
 Yidney Lake ()
 Yindeering Lakes (), the name believed to derive from the Kabi language meaning kingfisher

Offshore 
There are a number of offshore features near the locality:

 Curtis Channel (), commencesto the north-north-west of the locality of Fraser Island extending as far north as The Keppels in Livingstone Shire
 Hervey Bay () to the north-west of the locality
 Marloo Bay () 
 Platypus Bay ()
 Poyungan Rocks (), name derived from the Kabi language word for tree grub.
 Teahwan Rocks ()
Wide Bay Harbour ().
 Yidney Rocks (), name derived from the Kabi language in the Badjala dialect, meaning a mystical or god figure

Other named areas 

There are many named areas with the locality:

 Central Forest Station ()
 Dilli Village ()
 Dipuying ()
 Dundubara, at the mouth of Dundubara Creek ()
 Enchanted Valley ()
 Fourways, at the major road intersection at the head of Wanggoolba Creek ()
 Nulla Kunggur Sand Blow ()
 Orchid Beach ()
 Pile Valley ()
 Pine Valley ()
 Poyungan Rocks ()
 Teahwan ()
 The Cathedrals, the area from Wyuna Creek to Eli Creek ()
 The Declivity ()
 The Pinnacles ()
 Ungowa ()
 Valley of the Giants, also known as Ti, the area of giant tallow wood trees ()
 Wathumba ()

Demographics
In the  the locality of Fraser Island (not the island as a whole) had a population of 182 people.

Facilities 
Orchid Beach SES Facility is adjacent to the airstrip and heliport ().

Happy Valley Ambulance Station is an operational ambulance station ().

Happy Valley SES Facility is in Yidney Drive ().

Fraser Island Police Station is immediately north of the locality of Eurong but within the location of Fraser Island ().

The University of the Sunshine Coast operates the K'gari-Fraser Island Research and Learning Centre at Dilli Village ().

Attractions 

Sandy Cape Lighthouse is a heritage-listed active lighthouse. It is close to the northern tip of the island ().

Simpson Reef is an  artificial reef in the Great Sandy Marine Park. ().

The Cathedrals are coloured sand cliffs that have been carved by the wind and rain blowing off the Coral Sea. They are approximately  south of Indian Head on the 75 Mile Beach ().

The Champagne Pools are a series of natural rock pools that form shallow, sandy swimming holes next to the ocean. They are located on 75 Mile Beach, between Waddy Point and Indian Head.

There are a number of lookouts:

 Markwells Lookout ()
 Lake Wabby Lookout ()
 Stonetool Sandblow Lookout()
 Knifeblade Sandblow Lookout ()
 Lake Allom Viewing Platform ()

Transport 
There are a number of airstrips and heliports within the locality:

 Boomanjin Airstrip, also known as Toby's Gap airstrip ()
 Pailba Airstrip ()
 Orchid Beach airstrip ()
 unnamed airstrip ()
 unnamed airstrip ()
 Orchid Beach Resort heliport ()
 Eurong heliport ()
 Happy Valley heliport ()
 Kingfisher Resort heliport ()

Notes

References

External links 

 

Fraser Coast Region
Localities in Queensland
Fraser Island