Southern Moreton Bay Islands, Queensland

Not to be confused with Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City).

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]

Southern Moreton Bay Islands Gold Coast, Queensland
Eden, Kangaroo and Woogoompah Islands (looking west)
Southern Moreton Bay Islands
Coordinates	27.7805°S 153.405°E / -27.7805; 153.405 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands (centre of locality))
Population	0 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	0.000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Established	2003
Postcode(s)	No postcode[2]
Area	83.9 km2 (32.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	City of Gold Coast (Division 12)
State electorate(s)	Coomera
Federal division(s)	Fadden
Suburbs around Southern Moreton Bay Islands: Woongoolba Steiglitz Moreton Bay Russell Island North Stradbroke Island Jacobs Well Pimpama Southern Moreton Bay Islands South Stradbroke Coomera Hope Island Paradise Point South Stradbroke

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]

• Canaipa Passage
• Cobby Passage
• Coomera River (North Branch)
• Coomera River (South Branch)
• Jewel Creek
• Main Channel
• The Broadwater
• Tiger Mullet Channel
• Pimpama River
• Whalleys Gutter

Several of the islands within the suburb are protected as the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park.

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]

See also

• Queensland portal

• Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
• Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City), the adjacent area in Redland City consisting of several island suburbs.