K?gari Islands

K’gari Islands

News: For almost 200 years, the world’s largest sand island has been known as Fraser Island. But for the Butchulla people, it has and always will be known as K’gari.

Note – Names to remember – Butchulla people, K’gari, Fraser, Dingo!!

About:
• Queensland government reinstated the name at ceremony attended by hundreds of traditional owners.
• This is the world’s largest sand island, located in Australia.
• The name change was celebrated by the Butchulla people and the Queensland government as a recognition of their culture and history.
• Each year hundreds of thousands of people visit the island, which possesses half the world’s freshwater dune lakes and is renowned for its dingo population (Australian Dog)