Fingal Head, New South Wales

Bain, Jack (1957) Fingal Head, New South Wales. [Image]

Abstract

Fingal Head is a village on the Tasman Sea coast in the far northeast of New South Wales, Australia, about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border. The village is often just called Fingal. The headland and the small off-shore Island (Cook Island) were first sighted by James Cook about 17:00 on 16 May 1770 (log date and time). At the time of the 2021 census, Fingal Head had a population of 592 people. (Wikipedia) Fingal Head is a distinctive volcanic headland of rectangular basalt columns, formed as lava flowed toward the ocean 23 million years ago.

Additional Information

Item Type: Image
Source Media: 35 mm slide
Collection: Bain/O'Gorman
Sub-Collection Title:

Australia - New South Wales - Northern Rivers Region

Date: October 1957
Keywords: Fingal Head - New South Wales; Cook Island - New South Wales
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2024 06:15
Last Modified: 11 Jun 2024 00:29
Copyright Owner: Queensland University of Technology
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Location:
CountryState or RegionCity or Town
AustraliaNew South WalesFingal Head
Location -28.202778, 153.566667
URI: https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/7531
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