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the place World War 2 and this is

                                  commemorated through the
                                  Remembrance Stairs, recognition that
                                                                   nd
                                  during the Second World War the 42
                                        rd
                                  and 43  Landing Craft Companies
                                  trained on the Island; the planting of a
                                  ‘Lone Pine’; and a plaque marking the
                                  site of the cook-house of No. 43 landing
                                  Craft Company.


                                  The Emerald Fringe has a strong
               CRITERION H         association with Matthew Flinders who
               the place has a     navigated and mapped this part of
               special
               association with    Moreton Bay in his search for large
               the life or work    rivers that might give access to the
               of a particular
               person, group       interior of Australia. The Emerald Fringe
               or organisation     has a special association with pioneers
               of importance in
               Queensland’s        farmers and coastal tourism operators
               history             Doug and Mary Morton.
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