Whitsunday Islands
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The Whitsunday Islands are a group of 74 islands that lie off the coast of Queensland, Australia and form part of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Islands
- Hamilton
- Daydream
- Lindeman
- Hayman
- South Molle
- Dent
- Hook
- Whitsunday
- Great Keppel
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Other Destinations
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Understand
The islands are so named because they were discovered by Captain Cook on Whitsunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter, on 4 June in 1770. This is not quite historically accurate however.
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See
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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