Kooringal

History

Campbell Point was named after George Peter Campbell (son of James Campbell), the Secretary of the Brisbane Tug and Steamship Company Ltd. In 1902 he acquired a lease for for most of Moreton Island, noting that the island as a whole is approximately . He built a house and stock yard at this headland. In 1903 he began shipping drought-stricken cattle from western Queensland to the island to fatten them up for sale.

Geography

Kooringal consists of a few streets of housing along the south-western tip of Moreton Island. It is connected to the other settlements on the island by two routes: * the Toulkerrie-Kooringal Bypass Road which travels north through the mangroves along the west coast until the sandy western beach commences. At this point the road becomes known as the Tangalooma-Kooringal Road and travels along the western beach until it reaches Tangalooma. A vehicular barge service operates from Amity Point to Kooringal at some times of year. Otherwise, vehicles must use the barge to Tangalooma and drive south to Kooringal. A small island (informally known as Crab Island) is to the north-west of Kooringal and the channel between them is called Days Gutter. Campbell Point is the point at the southern end of Kooringal Esplanade (). The land use is almost entirely residential housing.

Most-observed species

• koala

  Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) · Mammalia
  1,500
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  1,415
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  1,363
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  1,302
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  1,221
• Australian Ibis

  Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) · Aves
  1,207
• Pied Oystercatcher

  Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  1,200
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  1,109