Greater Palm Group

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Palm Island Group is made up of 16 Islands. The major islands within the Palm Island Group are Great Palm Island, Fantome Island, and Orpheus Island. Notable neighbouring islands outside the Greater Palm group include Rattlesnake Island and Magnetic Island. Many of today's community members are descendants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

Greater Palm Group

Fantome Island (Eumilli Island)

The island is known for its 1928 lock hospital (for those with venereal disease) and 1939 leprosarium, known as the lazaret. Both are now heritage-listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, as Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites. The island is no longer inhabited.

Orpheus Island National Park

What to do on Orpheus Island

Orpheus Island is located off of North Queensland's coast within the Shire of Hinchinbrook and is part of the Palm Island Group that is 110 km north of Townsville and 45 km east of Ingham. Orpheus Island is a National Park and part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Greater Palm Group

What to do on Great Palm Island

Great Palm Island is also known as Palm Island or, by its Aboriginal name, Bwgcolman. It's a tropical island with an area of 55 km² and a community of about 3,000 people.