About Macleay Island, QLD

Macleay Island is an island in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland, Australia. The island constitutes a town and locality within the City of Redland. In the 2016 census, the locality of Macleay Island had a population of 2,681 people. == Geography == Macleay Island is the fourth largest island in Moreton Bay after North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Island and Russell Island; it is 6.5 km long and 4 km wide at its widest point. Perulpa Island is a small island attached to Macleay Island by a causeway.Macleay Island has the following capes and beaches (from north to south): Potts Point (Coondooroopa) (27.5805°S 153.3612°E / -27.5805; 153.3612 (Potts Point (Coondooroopa))) Sandpiper Beach (27.5936°S 153.3546°E / -27.5936; 153.3546 (Sandpiper Beach)) Thompson Point (27.6021°S 153.3494°E / -27.6021; 153.3494 (Thompson Point)) Perrebinpa Point (27.6226°S 153.3490°E / -27.6226; 153.3490 (Perrebinpa Point)) Point Pininpinin (27.6319°S 153.3620°E / -27.6319; 153.3620 (Point Pininpinin)) == 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 James 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. A map advertising land for sale by John Cameron auctioneer, in central Macleay, Macleay Island consisted of 308 marine villa sites each of 1/4 acre and upwards to be held on the ground on Friday 10 December 1886. The land on offer bordered Kalara Street to the north, Kate Street to the east and Karrawarra Street to the south. The advertisement offered a free trip by steamer and free luncheon to attendees with terms 1/4 cash balance by promissory note at 3,6,9,12 and 15 months with 8% added.Macleay Island State School opened on 28 January 1986.In the 2006 census, the permanent population was 1,958.