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| Dunk Island lies 4 km off the Australian east coast in the Pacific Ocean, opposite the town of Mission Beach, Queensland. It is merely a range of hills running almost parallel with the main coastal range. The Family Islands National Park covers 7.3 kmē while an airstrip, resort and farm cover the remaining 2.4 kmē in the north-west.
The Indigenous Australian name for Dunk Island is Coonanglebah, "The Island of Peace and Plenty." It received its European name from Captain Cook in 1770 after George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.
It was once home to Edmund James Banfield and his wife. It is now a popular tourist destination. It is accessed by ferry and taxi services from Mission Beach, and flights from Cairns and Townsville.
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