Brook Islands National Park
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The Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km2. It was established in 1994 and comprises th
Torresian imperial pigeon
Aerial view of North Brook Island with smoke rising from a bomb test
Australian Army staff bringing goats onto the island for mustard gas chemical weapon testing
Australian Army staff preparing mustard gas with goat waiting in Japanese-style dugout
Margaret Thorsborne
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Margaret Grace Thorsborne was an Australian naturalist, conservationist and environmental activist. She was notable for her efforts, with her husband Arthur Thorsborne, in initiating the long-term mon
Brook Islands National Park
…early and mid 20th Century, the population using the islands was subject to a long protection campaign and monitoring program by conservation activists Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne. There are also breeding colonies of bridled, black-naped, little, lesser crested and roseate terns. Beach stone-curlews breed on North Island beaches…
Torresian imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)