Tea-towel: Great Keppel Island

Great Keppel Island, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 42.2256" S, 150° 56' 53.4804" E
See map: Google Maps
3 December 2010
3 December 2010

Location

Great Keppel Island, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 42.2256" S, 150° 56' 53.4804" E
See map: Google Maps
3 December 2010

Collection of Glenn Cooke

Queensland on a tea-towel

Tea-towel: Great Keppel Island. Great Keppel Island is the largest in the Keppel Group of fourteen islands which was named when Captain James Cook passed by in 1770. The land area of this national park covers some 1400 hectares and is surrounded by 17 white sand beaches. The first resort established in 1967, was taken over by Trans-Australian Airlines in 1975 and was closed in 2008 for redevelopment. Collection of Glenn Cooke

Hayman Island, 1968

Hayman Island, QLD
Australia
20° 3' 5.5692" S, 148° 53' 14.4564" E
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1 January 1968
15 November 2010
15 November 2010

Location

Hayman Island, QLD
Australia
20° 3' 5.5692" S, 148° 53' 14.4564" E
See map: Google Maps
15 November 2010

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland 

Journey to Hayman Island, 1938

Hayman Island, 1968. The Royal Hayman Hotel did not open until 1950. Accommodation in the summer of 1938 was in fibro cabins with beach sand floors, a central dining room and cold showers in hessian shelters. This map of Hayman Island is from ‘Hayman Roylen 14 day tropic ecstasy holiday’ brochure by Ansett-ANA in 1968. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland 

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