Natural feature
Bribie Island
Sand and pine-forest island fringing Moreton Bay, with surf beaches and a colonial-era contact site.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Bribie Island in Brisbane turns on an afternoon in seventeen ninety-nine, when Matthew Flinders came ashore at what he named Skirmish Point and met a group of Djindubari men in an easy exchange of gifts that turned on his hat. You'll hear how the disagreement escalated, and who it fell to, days later, to mend it. Best heard standing at the sandy point where the shoreline still runs south to the water.
This audio guide was created using AI.