This page is dedicated to holding digital scans and copies of documents relating to the history of Magnetic Island. All original documents are held in the Magnetic Island History and Craft Centre in Picnic Bay.  

Jompa and McCook paper

Arthur Bay property holding history

Boy Scouts letter - year unknown

Young Explorers of the Sea and Beyond, Theo Brown

A Proposal to Establish an Environmental Park at Florence Bay

Report on Aboriginal History and Affiliation to Magnetic Island with Particular Reference to Nelly Bay, pp 1-30, pp 31-60, pp 61-82

Archaeological Report on the Collection of Artefacts on the Intertidal Reef Flat, Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island, pp 1-25, pp 26-57

1973 Townsville Daily Bulletin, page 2 - photo of dredge parked on Nelly Bay, 1924

1962 newspaper - Sporting facilities & Tall coral

1962 December newspaper - Underwater wonderland

1969 newspaper - Island RSL alarm about barrier reef

Unknown date newspaper - Lack of interest in Magnetic Island

1973 Townsville Daily Bulletin, page 2 - Sand project restores Nelly Bay beach

1960 Townsville Daily Bulletin - Dredge spoil still menace to island

Theo Brown file from MIHCC