Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island group locality in the north-east of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[1]
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands do not have a postcode.[2]
Geography
The locality consists of numerous very low-lying estuarine islands separated by channels in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The islands are mostly covered by mangroves, and a substantial part of the area is inundated by water at high tide.
Islands within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:
Cobby Cobby Island
Coomera Island
Crusoe Island
Eden Island
Kangaroo Island (Boonnahbah)
Mosquito Islands
Short Island
Brocks Island
Rat Island
Tabby Tabby Island
Woogoompah Island
Tipplers Passage with Kangaroo Island in the background on left, 2014
Passages and Channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:[4]
Additional protection for fish habitat is provided by the Jumpinpin-Broadwater Fish Habitat Area declared on 19 November 1983. The habitat of sea grass meadows and shallow estuarine areas are protected for a variety of sea life.[5]
History
Southern Moreton Bay Islands was gazetted as a locality on 7 February 2003.[3]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[6]
In the 2016 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[7]
In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[1]
^Beacon to Beacon Directory (8 ed.). Brisbane QLD: Maritime Safety Queensland. August 2008. ISBN0-646-46178-8.
^Queensland Wetlands Program (2014). "Jumpinpin-Broadwater fish habitat area". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.