Ebuma Island is a small island in China Strait, between
Samarai
Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
The island is historically significant as the site of a trading port and stop-over between Australia and East Asia. Samarai town was established o ...
and the mainland,
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km2 of land and 252,990 km2 of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
.
History
George and Edna-May Hancock purchased the island in 1960, they built a house on it and lived there from 1960 - 1985.
Ernie Evennett married Lynne Hancock and George Hancock, Lynne’s father built a second house on the island in 1962 for them, Ernie Evennett was allowed to live on Ebuma long after because of his relationship to their daughter. .
Today his son is the only one living there.
Geography
Ebuma Island is a rocky raised islet, with low cliffs on most sides. Privately owned.
The island is part of
Samarai Islands
The Samarai Islands archipelago, part of the larger Louisiade Archipelago, is located southeast of mainland New Guinea island, within the nation of Papua New Guinea.
Geography
The archipelago consists of: 4 larger volcanic islands frequently ...
of the
Louisiade Archipelago
The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs, and 90 smaller coral islands in Papua New Guinea.
It is located 200 km southeast of New Guinea, stretching over more than and spread o ...
.
Administration
The island belongs to Samarai North Ward. belong to
Bwanabwana Rural Local Level Government Area LLG,
Samarai-Murua District
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
, which are in
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km2 of land and 252,990 km2 of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited. The province has ...
.
Demographics
The population on the last census was 1.
References
Islands of Milne Bay Province
Louisiade Archipelago
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