Sunday Islet is a small island in far north
Queensland
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2.5 km north of
Cape Grenville Peninsula in the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
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On Sunday 31 May 1789, after the
mutiny on the ''Bounty'',
Captain Bligh and the men who remained loyal to him arrived on the island on the
ship's boat. He named it Sunday Island because that day was a Sunday.
References
Islands on the Great Barrier Reef
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