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.
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






