Gazetteer

Places to be found in “DIARY OF WORLD WAR II NORTH QUEENSLAND (UPDATE)”
This page “Work in Progress”.
Places in bold print are to be found in North Queensland, Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait.

PLACE			LOCATION

Abadan			Iran (Persian Gulf)
Adelaide Reef			GBR - (17^o17’S, 146^o36’E)
Adolphus Island, Mount			Torres Strait (Mori) - (10^o38’S, 142^o39’E)
Aitape
Alexshafen			New Guinea north coast - PNG
Alma Den
Alpha
Amberley
Ambon
Ambonia			British North Borneo
Antill Plains
Antofagasta			Chile, South America
Arafura Sea			Waters north of Northern Territory
Aramac
Archer Point			Far North Queensland east coast - (15^o36’S, 145^o20’E)
Armit Island
Atherton
Atherton Tablelands
Auckland			New Zealand - (North Island)
‘Augusta’			Code-name for Merauke - Dutch New Guinea
Aurukun Mission
Ayr

Bahrain			Persian Gulf
Balboa			Pacific Terminal – Panama Canal
Balikpapan			British Borneo – Dutch East Indies
Banks Island			Torres Strait (Mau) - (10^o09’S, 142^o15’E)
Barcaldine
Barnard Island, South			Off North Queensland Coast - (17^o45’S, 146^o13’E)
Batavia			Java – Dutch East Indies - (now known as Jakarta)
Batt Reef			GBR - (16^o22’S, 145^o45’E)
Biak
Blackall
Bloomfield River			Far North Queensland east coast - (15^o55’S, 145^o22’E)
Booby Island			Torres Strait - (10^o36’S, 141^o55’E)
Booroola
Bootless Inlet
Bougainville			Island – Solomon Islands – now PNG
Bougainville Reef
Boulia
Bowen			North Queensland Coast - (20^o01’S, 148^o15’E)
Bowl Reef
Bramble Cay			Torres Strait (Massaramcoer) - (9^o09’S, 143^o53’E)
Brammo Bay			Dunk Island - (17^o56’S, 146^o08’E)
Bredden
Brisbane			South East Queensland major port
Brook Islands			GBR - (18^o10’S, 146^o18’E) – Off Cardwell
Buna			Papua - PNG
Bundaberg			Central Queensland coast - (24^o50’S, 152^o21’E)
Buka Island			Solomon Islands - (now PNG)
Burke Island			Torres Strait (Suarji) - (10^o12’S, 142^o19’E)
Burketown			Far NW Queensland - (17^o44’S, 139^o32’E) (Gulf of Carpentaria)

Cairns			Far North Queensland east coast - (16^o56’S, 145^o47’E)
Cairns Reef
Caloundra			Southern Queensland coastal town
Cape Capricorn			Rockhampton area
Cape Cleveland			North Queensland coast - (19^o10’S, 147^o00’E) - (Townsville Area)
Cape Flattery			Far North Queensland east coast - (14^o57’S, 145^o21’E) - (Cape York Peninsular)
Cape Grafton			Far North Queensland east coast - (16^o52’S, 145^o551’E) - (Cairns area)
Cape Grenville			Far North Queensland east coast - (11^o58’S, 143^o15’E) - (Cape York Peninsular)
Cape Melville			Far North Queensland east coast - (14^o10’S, 144^o31’E) - (Cape York Peninsular)
Cape Moreton			Brisbane Area
Cape Pallarenda			North Queensland coast - (19^o11’S, 146^o46’E) - (Townsville Area)
Cape Town
Cape Wessel			Darwin Area
Cape York			North East extreme of Australian mainland - (10^o41’S, 142^o32’E) - (Cape York Peninsular)
Cape York Peninsular			Far North Queensland
Capricorn Channel
Carbonate Creek
Channel Reef
Challenger Bay			GBR - (18^o43’S, 146^o33’E) - (Palm Island anchorage)
Chillagoe
Cid Harbour			GBR - (20^o15’S, 146^o56’E) - (Whitsunday Islands)
Clermont
Cleveland Bay			North Queensland coast - (19^o20’S, 146^o55’E) - (Townsville Area)
Clohesy
Cloncurry
Cockburn Reef
Cocoanut Island			Torres Strait (Poruma) - (10^o13’S, 143^o05’E) – (now known as Coconut Island)
Coen			Far North Queensland east coast - (13^o45’S, 143^o06’E) - (Inland from Port Stewart)
Colombo			Ceylon - ( now known as Sri Lanka)
Cooktown			Far North Queensland east coast - (15^o28’S, 145^o15’E) - (Cape York Peninsular)
Cooks Passage			GBR - (14^o31’S, 145^o34’E)
Coombe Island
Coquet Island			GBR - (14^o33’S, 145^o00’E)
Corbett Reef
Coral Sea			Waters east of North Queensland – South West Pacific
Cruiser Pass			GBR - (15^o42’S, 145^o48’E)

Darnley Island
Daru
Darwin
Dent Island
Devonport
Dimbula
Dobodura
Dolphin Reef
Doomadgee
Dreger Harbour
Dunedin
Dunk Island
Durban
Dutch East Indies
Dutch New Guinea

Edmonton
Eclipse Island
Edge Hill
Elford Reef
Emerald
Entrance Island
Espiritu Santo
Eves Reef

Fairlight Station
Fairway Channel
"Fall River"
Family Islands
Feather Reef
Finschhafen
First Three Mile Opening
Fitzroy Island
Flinders Island
Flinders Passage
Flora Pass
Fly Channel
Frankland Islands
Friday Island

Gasmata
Geebauis Reef
Geranium Passage
Gili Gili
Gladstone
Gladys Inlet
Goodenough Island
Goods Island
Goondi
Gordonvale
Grafton Passage
Great North East Channel
Green Island
Groote Eylandt
Guadalcanal
Guam
Gulf of Carpentaria
Gurney airstrip			Milne Bay

Hall-Thompson Reef
Hammond Island
Harrier Reef
Hastings Reef
Hawkins Reef
Helix Reef
Hermit Park
*"Higgins Field"*			Cape York - See Jacky Jacky airstrip
Hinchinbrook Island
Hobart
Hollandia
Home Hill
Horn Island
Howie Reef
Hudson Island
Hughenden
Humboldt

Ince Point
Indian head
Ingham
Innisfail
Irene Reef
Iron Range
Isisford
Iyah Siding

Jackson airstrip
Jacky Jacky airstrip
Jacquinot
Java
Jericho
Julia Creek
Jundah

Kairi
Karumba
Kavieng
Kennedy River
Kennedy Sound
Kiama
Kieta
Kiriwina Island
Kissing Point
Koepang
Kokoda Track

Labuan
Lady Elliott Island
Lau
Langemak
Lark Pass
Lark Reef
Laura
Lautoka
Leyte
Lingayen
Little Mulgrave
Longreach
Los Negros Island
Louisiade Archipelago
Low Islets
Lowry Passage
Low Wooded Islet
Lucinda Point
Lyttleton

Macassar
Mackay
Madang
Magnetic Island
Manila
Manus Island
Mapee
Mapoon Mission
Mareeba
Maryborough
McCulloch Reef
McKinlay
Melbourne
Melville Passage
Merauke
Michaelmas Cay
Midway Islands
Milingimbi
Milne Bay
Mimisa Island
Miowera
Mitchell River
Mombassa
Moore Reef
Moreton Bay
Mornington Island
Morondo airstrip
Morotai
Mossman
Mount Louisa
Mount St John
Mourilyan Harbour
Mt Garnet
Mt Isa
Mulgrave Island
Mulgrave River
Mungana
Muttaburra
Muttee Head

Nadzab
New Britain
New Caledonia
Newcastle
New Hebrides
New Ireland
New York
Night Island
Ninian Bay
Noemfoor Island
Normandy Sound
North Broken Passage
Norman River
Northern Territory
North Ward
North West Reef

One and a Half Mile Opening
Opal Reef
Orpheus Island
Osprey Reef
Owen Stanley Range

Pallarenda
Pallembang
Palmer River Crossing
Palm Island
Palm Passage
Panama
Papeete
Papua
Papuan Passage
Parramatta Park
Pearl Harbour
Pearl Reef
Peart Reef
Pellowe Reef
Penang
Percy Isles
Petford
Philippine Islands
Pickersgill Reef
Pilot Hill
Pipon Islets
Platypus Channel
Pole Island
Pollard Channel
Port Alma
Port Douglas
Port Kennedy
Portland Road
Port Moresby
Port Stewart
Prince of Wales Island
Proserpine

Quoin Island Entrance

Rabaul
Rangoon
Rattlesnake Island
Ravenshoe
Red Island Point
Reid River
Richmond
Rockhampton
Ross Creek

Saidor
Salamaua
Samarai
Sandakan
San Francisco
Saumarez Reef
Saxon Reef
Second Three Mile Opening
Seeadler Harbour
Seisia
Sellheim
Shangai
Singapore
Soerabaja
Solanum
Solomon Islands
South Broken Passage
Stanley Island
Stephens Island
Stokes Bay
Stonehenge
Sumatra
Sydney

Tacoma
Tadji airstrip
Talcoban
Tandjong Priok
Tandjong Oeban
Tarakan Island
Thetford Reef
Thrush Reef
Thursday Island
Tjiltjap
Tolga
Torokina
Torres Strait
Townsville
Travers Island
Trinity Bay
Trinity Opening
Tucker Point
Tufi
Tulagi
Tully
Turnbull airstrip
Tydemans Reef

Urangan

Vila

Walsh River
Ward airstrip
Waterwitch Passage
Wednesday Island
Weipa Mission
Wellington
West End
Wewak
Wheeler Reef
Whitsunday Islands
Whitsunday Passage
Whyalla
Winton
Wondecla
Wongabel
Woodstock
Wright’ Creek
Wrotham Park
Wulguru

Yarrabah
Yatee Siding
Yorke Islands
Yule Island
Yungaburra