Kumboola Island is in the

Family Islands Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...

group and located approximately 15 km North East of Tully Heads and immediately south of

Dunk Island Dunk Island, known as ''Coonanglebah'' in the Warrgamay and Dyirbal languages, is an island within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies off the Australian east coast, opposite the town of Missi ...

. It is part of the

Family Islands National Park Family Islands National Park is an Australian national park comprising a group of continental islands lying a short distance off the coast, about midway between Cairns and Townsville, in Far North Queensland. Most of the area has been desig ...

. It is around 6 hectares or 0.06 square km in size. The island contains areas of rainforest and transitional forests where

eucalypt Eucalypt is a descriptive name for woody plants with capsule fruiting bodies belonging to seven closely related genera (of the tribe Eucalypteae) found across Australasia: ''Eucalyptus'', ''Corymbia'', ''Angophora'', '' Stockwellia'', ''Allosyn ...

species are emerging.

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Islands of Queensland Islands of Far North Queensland Protected areas of Far North Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub

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