Moreton Bay, in Southeast Queensland, Australia, incorporates around 350 islands. Many of these are just mangrove sandbanks, but several of them are larger and inhabited: these islands include Bribie, Moreton, North Stradbroke, Russell, Coochiemudlo, Macleay, Lamb and Karragarra Islands. St Helena used to be a prison for Brisbane.
The area of Moreton Bay Region is 2,037 square kilometers.
The area of Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park is 15.7 square kilometers.
Lieutenant James Cook named Morton Bay in 1770, but a misspelling when Cook's logs were published caused it to be changed to Moreton Bay. Cook's Moreton Bay was only the outer region, and he did not sail into the current Moreton Bay.Matthew Flinders renamed Captain Cook's Glass House Bayas Moreton Bay in 1799.
Moreton Bay College was created in 1901.
Moreton Bay College's motto is 'Fortitudine Et Spe'.
Moreton Bay Pile Light was created in 1952.
There are 12 Divisions.
Moreton Bay Boys' College was created on 2011-05-11.
Moreton Bay Symphony Orchestra - MBSO - was created in 2012.
The Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) is endemic to the east coast of Australia within a range centred on Moreton Bay which is where it gets its common name from.See related link for more information.
There are over 60 species of sharks found in Moreton Bay, including hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks.
Waitangi is in the Bay of Islands, Northland.