Editing Family Islands National Park (section)

==The Islands==
The largest of the Family Islands, their Aboriginal names, and their position in the "family" are:
* [[Dunk Island]] ''(Coonanglebah)'' – the father
* Richards Island ''([[Bedarra Island|Bedarra]])'' – the mother
* [[Wheeler Island (Queensland)|Wheeler Island]] ''(Toolgbar)'' and Coombe Island ''(Coomba)'' – the twins
* Smith Island (''Kurrumbah''), [[Bowden Island]] ''(Budjoo)'' and [[Hudson Island]] ''(Coolah)'' – the triplets.

There are also a number of smaller islands:
* [[Kumboola Island|Kumboola]], which is connected to Dunk Island on particularly low tides
* Mound Island ''(Purtaboi)'', which is protected as a sea bird nesting habitat
* Woln Garin, a small island off Dunk Island's south east corner, known locally as "40ft Rock"
* Battleship Rock ''(Pee-Rahm-Ah)'', named because of its distinctive shape when seen from the north
* [[Thorpe Island]] ''(Ti mana)'', which is privately owned with one residence. This is the only Australian island which is owned [[Fee simple|freehold]].

The European names of the islands reflect the names of the officers on board the survey ship [[HMQS Paluma|HMS ''Paluma'']]: Lieutenant G. Richards, commander; Lieutenants Wheeler, Combe and Bowden-Smith; Dr. Thorpe, surgeon; and Mr. Hudson, engineer.<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Venn, Linda|title=Paluma : the first eighty years 1870s-1950s|url=https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/5374/Paluma-The-First-Eighty-Years_web.pdf|publication-date=2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031224040/https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/5374/Paluma-The-First-Eighty-Years_web.pdf|publisher=[[Thuringowa City Council]]|isbn=978-0-9577305-5-7|archive-date=31 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>