Macleay Island

Macleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. It is in the Redland City Council Local Government Area and has the postcode 4184. Perulpa Island is a small island attached to Macleay Island by a causeway. Macleay Island is the fourth largest island in Moreton Bay after North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Island and Russell Island.

History

For some time in the 1800s the island was called Tim Shea's Island after a convict who lived on the island for more than a decade. The current name was given by Surveyor Warner who named the island after Alexander Macleay who was the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from 1825 to 1837. The island has a rich history of the Aboriginal/indigenous peoples presence with middens and stone fish traps still found on the island.

Heritage listings

Macleay Island has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Environment

The island boasts much natural beauty, including untouched littoral rainforest, rocky shores, sandy beaches, mangrove areas and wonderful vistas to the mainland, over to North Stradbroke Island and up to Moreton Island. There's a large variety of birds including the migratory birds which visit yearly. There is a large Bush Stone Curlew population on the island.