Wellesley Islands

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The Wellesley Islands are a remote archipelago off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia, known for their Indigenous communities, rich marine ecosystems, and location in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Wellesley Islands 1
Wellesley Islands canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administeredBy Shire of Mornington
climate tropical
country Australia
hasIndigenousCommunity Gangalidda people NERFINISHED
Kaiadilt people NERFINISHED
Lardil people NERFINISHED
Yangkaal people NERFINISHED
hasIsland Albinia Island NERFINISHED
Allen Island NERFINISHED
Bayley Island NERFINISHED
Bentinck Island NERFINISHED
Denham Island NERFINISHED
Doughboy Island NERFINISHED
Farquharson Island NERFINISHED
Forsyth Island NERFINISHED
Horseshoe Island NERFINISHED
Little Bentinck Island
Little Forsyth Island
Little Sweers Island NERFINISHED
Manowar Island NERFINISHED
Mornington Island NERFINISHED
Pisonia Island NERFINISHED
Robertson Island NERFINISHED
Sweers Island NERFINISHED
Sydney Island NERFINISHED
hasLargestIsland Mornington Island NERFINISHED
hasMainSettlement Gununa
Mornington Island community
importantFor dugongs
marine biodiversity
sea turtles
seabirds
knownFor Indigenous communities
remote location
rich marine ecosystems
locatedIn Gulf of Carpentaria
Queensland
Shire of Mornington
northern Australia
southern Gulf of Carpentaria
locatedOffCoastOf Cape York Peninsula
Queensland
marineEcosystem coral reefs
mangrove forests
seagrass meadows
partOf Gulf Country
surface form: Torres and Gulf region
traditionalOwners Gangalidda people NERFINISHED
Kaiadilt people NERFINISHED
Lardil people NERFINISHED
Yangkaal people NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf of Carpentaria hasNearbyIsland Wellesley Islands
Kaiadilt people locatedIn Wellesley Islands
this entity surface form: South Wellesley Islands