Bootie Island

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title: "Bootie Island" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["islands-on-the-great-barrier-reef", "shipwrecks-in-the-coral-sea", "shipwrecks-of-queensland", "uninhabited-islands-of-australia", "islands-of-far-north-queensland"] description: "Island in Queensland, Australia" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootie_Island" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island in Queensland, Australia ::

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location	Northern Australia
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country	Australia
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Queensland
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Bootie Island is a small island in the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Cockburn Islands Group.

Geography

Bootie Island is 18 km northeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is around 2 hectares or 0.02 square km in size.

The island is north of Manley Islet and Buchen Rock within the Cockburn Reef, adjacent to Pollard Channel and the Sir Charles Hardy Islands.

History

The island is believed to be named after John Bootie, a midshipman on HMS Endeavour, who died at sea 4 February 1771 on the first voyage of exploration by James Cook to the eastern coast of Australia.

References

References

1. {{Cite QPN. 3832. Bootie Island. island in the Shire of Cook
2. "Map of Bootie Island, QLD".

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