Wellesley Islands
The Wellesley Islands are a group of islands off the coast of north Queensland, Australia, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. They are a locality within the Shire of Mornington local government area. In the, Wellesley Islands had a population of 1,136 people.Geography
The largest island in the group is Mornington Island. Two small islands in the group form the Manowar and Rocky Islands Important Bird Area because of their importance for breeding seabirds. The South Wellesley Islands and the Forsyth Islands are in the same area and all are the local government area of the Shire of Mornington. They form subregion GUP10 of the IBRA Gulf Plains bioregion of Australia.History
is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Mornington Island and the Northern Wellesley Islands, within the local government boundaries of the Mornington Shire.
They were named by Matthew Flinders in honour of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley.
Mornington Island State School opened on 28 January 1975.According to indigenous belief, possibly mixed with fact, the islands were once part of mainland Australia:Education
Mornington Island State School is a government primary and secondary school for boys and girls at Lardil Street. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 245 students with 24 teachers and 12 non-teaching staff. It includes a special education program.
There are no schools offering education to Year 12 on the island; nor are there any nearby. Distance education or boarding school would be the only options.
