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{{Short description|Island in Queensland, Australia}}
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The '''Howick Island''' is the southernmost and a now uninhabited [[island]] in the [[Howick Group National Park|Howick group]] that is part of the [[Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]] in [[Far North Queensland]], Australia.

It fell within the territory of the [[Ithu]] people in pre-colonial times.

The island is located in the [[Coral Sea]] and is situated about {{convert|100|km}} south-east of [[Cape Melville]]. The area of the island is approximately {{convert|480|ha}}.<ref name=bonzle>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=274513&cmd=sp|title=Map of Howick Island, QLD |work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia |accessdate=30 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Etymology==
The island group was named by Lieutenant Charles Jeffreys RN, captain of [[Her Majesty's Ship|HMS]] ''[[HMS Kangaroo (1818),|Kangaroo]]'', in 1815, possibly after [[Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey|Sir Charles Grey, Viscount Howick]], a soldier.<ref name=qpn>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=howick%20island&types=0&place=Howick_Island16381 |title=Howick Island |work=Queensland place names search |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |date= |accessdate=30 October 2015 |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209003022/https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=howick%20island&types=0&place=Howick_Island16381 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Ion Idriess]]' first novel, ''[[Madman's Island]]'', was published in 1927 and is semi-[[autobiography|autobiographical]] based on the author's experiences on Howick Island.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12062917 |title=Nightmare on Howick: Madman's Island by Ion Idriess |work=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |publisher=[[National Library of Australia]] |date=12 November 1938 |page=20 |accessdate=30 October 2015 }}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Protected areas of Queensland]]
*[[List of islands of Australia#Queensland|List of islands of Queensland]]

==References==
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[[Category:Islands on the Great Barrier Reef]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Australia]]
[[Category:Islands of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Coral Sea Islands]]
[[Category:Places in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]]


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