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Fraser Barton and Keira Jenkins

Four people in three days flown from island with stings

The Irukandji jellyfish is small but one of the most venomous in the world. (HANDOUT/SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM)

Four people in three days have been taken to hospital after suffering jellyfish stings at a popular Queensland tourist spot.

They are all believed to have been stung by Irukandji, one of the world's most venomous jellyfish.

A teenage girl was treated on Tuesday after being stung on the hand at Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K'gari.

A RACQ LifeFlight rescue helicopter landed on a beach on the western side of the island after 1pm, transporting the girl to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition accompanied by her mother.

The previous day the rescue helicopter landed on the same spot to treat a baby and a man for jellyfish stings, just hours apart.

The infant was on Monday taken to Hervey Bay hospital in a stable condition, accompanied by a parent.

Just two hours earlier, the helicopter arrived at the island to transport the man in his 20s to hospital.

On Sunday a girl who had been camping with her family on K'gari was stung by a jellyfish and airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital. 

There have also been six dingo-related incidents on K'gari since December 10, including a man who was bitten on the leg on Monday.

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