33-555: Point Danger or Danger Point may refer: Places [ edit ] Australia Point Danger (Tweed Heads) , on the border of New South Wales and Queensland Point Danger (Portland) , south-western Victoria Point Danger (Torquay) , south-western Victoria Other places Danger Point (County Devon), England, UK Facilities and structures [ edit ] Danger Point Lighthouse , Walker Bay, South Africa Point Danger Light , located at Point Danger (Tweed Heads) on
66-522: A documentary called Surfing the Healing Wave about that competition, as part of an Unfinished Business - Reconciling the Nation series. It won Best Australian Documentary at the 2000 Real Life on Film Festival. Fingal is not particularly noted as a surf spot as such. The headland does not form a point break on either side, so it is just beach breaks that occur there, but the southern side is one of
99-529: A double white flash every ten seconds at a focal plane height of 44.5 metres. However, there are no reefs off, or running East from this point. The light is operated by Transport for NSW . Fingal Head Fingal Head is a village on the Tasman Sea coast in the far northeast of New South Wales , Australia , about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border. The village
132-488: A lava flow from Mount Warning , Cook was forced to change his course to the east. Cook's log indicates his ship was "about 5 miles from the land". However having to pull away to the east to avoid the reefs, that we now know only run 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) to sea from Cook Island , would indicate Cook was much closer to Fingal Head the point he named Point Danger. The next morning, (same log date 16 May) James Cook, although much further out to sea, recorded
165-738: A memorial was placed at the current site and the New South Wales, Queensland and Federal governments combined to erect the Point Danger Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse. However, in 1971, the following year, after much debate about the location of Cook's Point Danger and the Queensland-New South Wales border, the Geographical Names Board declared: little doubt exists that the feature named Point Danger by Captain Cook
198-404: A place now called Rainbow Bay, so named after his ship. It was there that Henry Rous has arguably caused all of the confusion. He named the, at the time, unnamed site of Point Danger as being that of Cook's Point Danger. There was further confusion as to the location of Cook's Point Danger when in 1840 surveyor Robert Dixon was given the task of doing the first land survey of the area. Dixon's role
231-639: A population of 544 people, 48% female and 52% male. The median age of the Fingal Head population was 42 years, 5 years above the national median of 37. 77% of people living in Fingal Head were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, Hong Kong 0.6%, Germany 0.6%, Czech Republic 0.6%. 88.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Bandjalang, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Gumbaynggir, 0.6% Czech. A provisional light station
264-559: A small island', was intended to be today's Fingal Head. However, in 1998, following another review, the New South Wales Geographic Names Board, it was concluded, in part: From an analysis of Cook’s Private Log, the Official Log of the 'Endeavour', Cook’s Journal and the journals of Cook’s Officers, and relating the analysis to modern nautical charts and maps of the area, it is suggested that
297-684: Is Cook’s Point Danger In 2007, at Ken Gold's behest, Dr Nigel Erskine of the Australian National Maritime Museum reviewed the argument put forward by the Geographic Names Board. As a result of Gold's representations, and support from a number of authorities, Mr Chris Hartcher was able to rise and inform the Parliament of New South Wales on 9 April 2008: that today the Geographical Names Board has considered Mr Gold's efforts and announced that
330-469: Is currently located. The misnaming obviously raised a significant constitutional issue. Yet despite this pronouncement, some 18 years later debate was still continuing. In November 1989 the Geographical Names Board approved a historical re-enactment of Cook's voyage. The research for the re-enactment led to Acting Chief Surveyor Ron Benjamin finding that: From the re-enactment voyage, I now have no doubt that Captain Cook's, 'point of land under which lies
363-552: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Point Danger (Tweed Heads) Point Danger is a headland , located at Coolangatta on the southern end of the Gold Coast on the east coast of Australia. Separated by Snapper Rocks and Rainbow Bay to the west, with Duranbah Beach and the Tweed River mouth to the south, present-day Point Danger has also indicated
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#1732772531478396-539: Is high and hilly about it, but it is conspicuous enough to be distinguished from everything else. The point off which these shoals lay I have named Point Danger. These reefs are now named Danger Reefs and comprise Inner Reef, South Reef and Outer Reef. There has been controversy over the naming of Point Danger for many years. It seems the controversy began as early as 1823, when government surveyor, John Oxley , set out in HMCS Mermaid to explore Port Curtis ,
429-590: Is often just called Fingal. The headland and the small off-shore Island ( Cook Island ) were first sighted by James Cook about 17:00 on 16 May 1770 (log date and time). At the time of the 2021 census , Fingal Head had a population of 592 people. The Tweed River, (named by John Oxley in October 1823) on the north coast of New South Wales runs northwards close to the coast for about 6 km before reaching its mouth just south of present-day Point Danger. A spit about 500–800 metres wide called "Letitia Spit" (named after
462-598: The Minjungbal , but white settlement significantly impacted the population in the late 19th to early 20th century. In 1933, the last full-blood Aboriginal woman on the Tweed was laid to rest in Fingal's Aboriginal cemetery following a service conducted at the mission church. Fingal Head Post Office opened on 15 March 1912, uprated from a telegraph office opened in October 1911. In the 2011 census , Fingal Head recorded
495-610: The "Giants Causeway", named after the famous Giants Causeway between Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. The Fingal Caves located on the south side of Fingal Head, were destroyed and used in the early 1900s for the Tweed Break water. Cook Island was made a marine reserve in 1998 and as such fishing is prohibited in the waters nearby. There has been controversy over the naming of Fingal Head by James Cook in May 1770 for many years. Strong evidence suggests that Fingal Head was, in fact,
528-462: The Danger Reefs, were made from a lava flow from the now extinct Tweed Volcano . The rock composition in the area is mainly basalt or andesite . There are walking tracks all over this area. About 500 metres offshore from the headland is Cook Island, a rocky uninhabited island first charted by James Cook in 1770. The interlocking basalt columns on the north-east side of Fingal Head were called
561-545: The Tweed. Hence the naming of Letitia Point. There is also every suggestion that Dixon made reference to the Giant's Causeway. It is highly probable that "Fingal Head" was named after Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland because of the similarity in appearance due to naturally formed Columnar Basalt outcrops which extend above the ocean surface. The local Aboriginal people were
594-821: The border between New South Wales and Queensland , Australia , since 1863. The point is the location of the Captain Cook memorial and lighthouse , the Centaur Memorial and Walk of Remembrance, the Marine Rescue NSW Point Danger station, and the southern end of the Gold Coast Oceanway . The Centaur Memorial remembers the sinking of Australian Hospital Ship Centaur by a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943. The Walk of Remembrance commemorates other ships lost to Japanese and German action during World War II and takes
627-615: The border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia See also [ edit ] Danger (disambiguation) Point (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point_Danger&oldid=837557209 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
660-543: The colony of Brisbane under the direction of Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales in 1824. At some time in 1828 Henry John Rous, travelling north, charted the Tweed River , which he named the Clarence River, unaware that it had already been named the Tweed River by Oxley in 1823. Rous came up the eastern coastline and around the reef off the coast of the feature now known Fingal Head, and arrived at
693-571: The first ship to enter the river in July 1840) runs south for 2 km to Fingal Head. Longshore drift moves 500,000 cubic metres of sand per year northwards past Letitia Spit. The sand would fill the Tweed River entrance unpredictably and sometimes completely. In response the New South Wales government implemented the Tweed Sand Bypassing to transport sand under the river by pump on to northern beaches. The headland, Cook Island and
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#1732772531478726-667: The following conclusions be drawn: 5. It is the opinion of the Geographic Names Board Committee therefore that the present Point Danger is correctly designated. The matter did not finish there however. Many were unhappy with a conclusion that appeared to be so at odds with the historical facts and agitation continued. Trevor Lipscombe, in closely tracking Cook's voyage and ground-truthing the places he named, concluded in On Austral Shores (2005), that: There can be little doubt that Fingal Head
759-528: The form of plaques arranged in a semicircle around the lookout fence. Captain James Cook , upon encountering the eastern Australian coast and naming Ram Head, today's Rame Head (Victoria) , then sailed up the coast to the famous Botany Bay . Continuing North from there, at about 5 pm on 16 May 1770 (log date) he encountered the reefs that run 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east from Fingal Head and Cook Island . To avoid these reefs, formed by
792-458: The island, where they found some sea turtles and called the island "Turtle Island". In 1828 Henry John Rous (Captain of HMS Rainbow ) surveyed Oxley's Tweed River , the name used today. A chart published in 1831 by the Master of the "Rainbow" showing the island as "Cook's Isle" and the river named the "Clarance River" - the unnamed headland, North of the river was also named Point Danger. However
825-464: The lightsource was changed from kerosene to acetylene and became automated. It was electrified in 1980. The light characteristic is a single flash every five seconds. Depending on the bearing , red light is shown in the east sector while the other sectors show white. Since 1996 Fingal has hosted an annual surfing competition for indigenous surfers. The first year attracted 90 surfers from across Australia. In 1999, SBS television commissioned
858-399: The location of the reefs and named the point off which the island and reefs lie – Point Danger. He wrote: We now saw the breakers again they lay two Leagues from a point under which is a small Island, their situation may always be found by the peaked mountain before mentioned from them this mountain or hill, and on this account I have named Mount Warning it lies 7 or 8 Leagues inland the land
891-585: The off-shore reefs East of the Island were not marked. Fingal Head would be named as such by Surveyor Robert Dixon who mapped the coastal districts between Brisbane Town and the Brunswick River in the winter months of 1840. It first appears on a map published By Dixon in Sydney in 1842. Dixon's party was also assisted at that time by the master and crew of the schooner Letitia, which they found had entered
924-417: The official records for Point Danger and Fingal Head will be changed to reflect both the historical versions of the naming of Cook's Point Danger. The lighthouse /Cook Memorial was finished in 1971. It is an unusual modern style lighthouse and was the first in the world to experiment with lasers to increase its beam. The experiment was unsuccessful and it returned to conventional electric lamps. It emits
957-614: The point James Cook named Point Danger. In 1823, John Oxley took shelter from Southerly winds, while sailing North from Port Macquarie . "At 3 made sail intending to anchor to the South of Point Danger. At 5 passed close to a Bold Headland [Present-day Point Danger]about 3 Miles North of Pt.D. ( Point Danger ) On the South Side of this headland we had the satisfaction to discover a considerable river with an apparent clear entrance." ( Tweed River ) John Uniack and later Oxley went onto
990-477: The site of Gladstone. Oxley explored Moreton Bay, which had been named by Captain Cook, and the Brisbane River, as well as exploring and naming the Tweed River. It was during this voyage that Oxley encountered what is now known as Fingal Head and reported it as being Point Danger, so named by Captain James Cook. Oxley's favourable report on the Brisbane River saw him return the following year and establish
1023-415: Was established on the head in 1872 and in 1878 a proper lighthouse, built as a sandstone construction in a round design, was inaugurated. It was part of a series of five such lighthouses established between 1878 and 1880. The tower stands only seven metres high, but that suffices since the headland itself adds additional height. Thus the focal plane of the lightsource is situated 24 m above sea level. In 1920
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1056-528: Was in actual fact the feature now known as Fingal Head. However, as the name has been known in its present position for over 130 years and having in mind the wording of the letters Patent of 6 June 1859, in which the position of the QLD-New South Wales border is linked with the position of Point Danger, the Board is not prepared to assign the name to any feature or position other than that to which it
1089-399: Was to map the New South Wales and Queensland border. He was told to map the border from the west to Point Danger on the east coast. Dixon took the location of Cook's Point Danger as being that of the one identified by Rous in 1828 rather than the one identified by Oxley in 1823. In 1970, on the 200th anniversary of Cook's naming of Point Danger and given that the location seemed to be correct,
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