Talk:Peel Island (Queensland)

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Photo[edit]

PHOTO : does anybody have a photo of Horseshoe Bay on Peel Island that could be uploaded? - their are some good-ones on Flickr - but I suspect you can't just upload someones photos from Flickr to Wiki .... ?211.31.33.251 (talk) 06:20, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Student project[edit]

This article was enhanced by students at The University of Queensland in October 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KteachK (talk • contribs) 07:00, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Populated?[edit]

Is this island inhabited or not? - Shiftchange (talk) 23:13, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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If we are redirecting links to national parks here[edit]

then would we need to mention it is also a national park in the lead? Shouldn't it also have the categories for the national park and even another infobox? - Shiftchange (talk) 22:03, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, Shiftchange. I have added the name in the lead, created a redirect to it, and added cats to the redirect. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 23:58, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
p.s. Just discovered that there was already one with the shorter version of the name - so added another cat to that one. I can't see the SMH reference to the name having "and Conservation Park" at the end of it, but it's not that now. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:14, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And another one... Found a source which does include the Conservation Park as the official name, so have included that. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 November 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Peel Island (Queensland), which has emerged as the preferred target. (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 15:59, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Peel Island → Peel Island, Queensland – No clear primary topic, this one has 362 views but Peel Island, Cumbria has 158, Sir William Peel Island has 43, Chichijima has 2,906 and Piel Island has 543[[1]]. There are also others at ceb:Peel Island. Google only returns the one in Cumbria but that's probably because of my location but Images is split between the Queensland and Cumbria ones and Books seems unclear but does return the Queensland one but apparently nothing in England. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. EggRoll97 (talk) 15:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak support - there does seem to be a case for having a DAB for Peel Island (note lots of incoming links though - possibly many of these being in templates so perhaps not as bad as it looks). With the page views though, the Japanese one refers to the main topic, not necessarily Peel Island, doesn't it?
Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the naming convention for Australian islands is to use brackets for disambiguation, not commas. It should be Peel Island (Queensland) instead. Steelkamp (talk) 08:08, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's true. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 09:14, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note that it is a census locality but that's a subset of the island just like Nantucket. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:23, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, I see that it's one of those that is both. Kerry Raymond is the expert on such matters, and in Queensland. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:41, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Short answer. I would call it Peel Island (Queensland) with Peel Island, Queensland as a redirect to it, because, for Wikipedia purposes, it is more notable as an island than as a locality.
Long answer. First, I would comment that the whole "census locality" thing is an issue for other countries. In Australia, all the land of Australia and its habitable islands has been divided into geographical localities (also known as suburbs when they are in urban areas). The free Qld Govt geospatial service Queensland Globe can show you precisely all of the boundaries of those Queensland localities (just turn on the "locality" layer). But in other countries where this total geographical subdivision into localities has not been done, their census localities appear to be used as a proxy, because they don't have well-established geographical localities, but we don't need to do that here in Oz. As for Peel Island, it has only been listed as a census locality in the 2016 and 2021 censuses but with zero population on both occasions, which is unsurprising as all of the island is a legally protected area (mostly national park and the rest conservation park), so there is no prospect of anyone living there permanently. Again, unlike other countries, Australian national parks are intended to NOT have permanent populations (there are some highly-regulated leaseholds for short-term visitor accommodation but not permanently-occupied private homes). In earlier censuses, Peel Island was not a separate census locality but was included in the North Stradbroke census locality. So it's been uninhabitated for years and its national park status means is likely to remain so, so it's not at all interesting as a census district. As the whole island is subject to a Queensland heritage listing and as the article content shows, it is the history of the place that is most interesting and that history depended on it being an island as its uses as a quarantine station, asylum, and leper colony all needed it to be an isolated place from which people could not easily come and go. So, it is notable more for its use as an island than as a populated place. The current article has the infoboxes for both an island (first) and a locality (second) reflecting its dual character, but the island box comes first and that seems most appropraite to me for the reasons above. Similarly the article is categorised as both an island and a locality reflecting its dual character. Kerry (talk) 22:47, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your fulsome answer, Kerry. I'm happy to support a move to Peel Island (Queensland), so long as someone else deals with all the incoming links! Laterthanyouthink (talk) 02:52, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah in England the term BUA is used for settlements of 500 or more people, RippondenBUA has a population of 4,783 (1.499km²) whereas the municipality has 7,604 (54.84km²). So yes the "locality" doesn't seem that relevant here so I'd go with Peel Island (Queensland). Similarly in Scotland the term "locality" is used for places of 500 or more people but look at the difference for Portreelocality and municipality (though no longer functioning still exists) includes the Isle of Raasay for example, see this map and select parish boundaries. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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