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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Holbourne Island National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), Template:Convert northwest of Brisbane.

History

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Gothenburg's Turtle Shell Roll

Holbourne Island became well known in 1875, when 18 survivors of the shipwreck Template:SS reached its shores. Four survivors arrived on a damaged port lifeboat on 25 February, where they survived by eating raw bird's eggs and drinking rain water that had pooled in the island rocks. The following day, 14 survivors from a starboard lifeboat also landed. Because rescue was uncertain, the survivors engraved their names on the concave side of a large turtle shell, which is displayed in the South Australian Museum, on North Terrace in Adelaide.<ref name=":0" />

On 28 February, 15 of them set off in the starboard lifeboat for an island about Template:Convert away to the south, which seemed to be more in the track of ships. A rescue ship sent looking for survivors of Gothenburg, picked up the group and took them safely to Bowen. The ship subsequently returned to Holbourne Island and rescued the three remaining survivors.<ref name=":0">McInnes, Allan (1982). Wreck of the Gothenburg: Read to a Meeting of the Society on 25 February 1982.</ref>

Present day

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As well as being a national park, Holbourne Island is well known as a natural bird sanctuary and turtle nesting area.<ref>Australian Government Template:Webarchive (2008). Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Retrieved online 19 January 2008.</ref>

On 2 September 2001, the 50,000 gross ton bulk carrier Pax Phoenix departed Hay Point, Queensland bound for India via Singapore. While passing Holbourne Island, an oil slick was noticed and described as being Template:Convert in width. Although there were concerns about the effect on the island and wildlife, it eventually dispersed naturally out to sea without impact.<ref>Australian Government Template:Webarchive (2006). Major Oil Spills in Australia: Pax Phoenix. Retrieved online 19 January 2008.</ref>

Holbourne Island is often referred to as part of the Coral Sea's Bermuda Triangle, as several maritime mysteries are linked to the area.<ref>Bateman, Daniel (2009). Coral sea's Bermuda Triangle. Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved on 16 June 2009.</ref>

See also

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References

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