title: The Percy Group, Queensland
text: # The Percy Group, Queensland
  
  The Percy Group is a locality consisting of a number of islands (including the Percy Isles) in the Coral Sea within the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, The Percy Group had a population of 0 people. The islands are uninhabitated as they are within national parks and conservation parks.
  
  ## History
  
  The locality takes its name from the Percy Isles within the Northumberland Islands, which in turn was named in September 1802 by Matthew Flinders, commander of the sloop HMS Investigator, after the family name of the Dukes of Northumberland.
  
  