The Latest Breaking News from Mornington Island

Mornington Island residents thrilled to welcome first international tourists on cruise ship

One of the most remote Indigenous towns in Australia showcases its rich culture to its first foreign visitors, with leaders excited about the economic and social impact of tourism.

ABC News · May 19, 2023

Mornington Island Indigenous leaders demand Aboriginal-led solutions to youth crime

Government services are failing when it comes to youth crime on this remote island. So the community is taking back control to give children a better future.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Mornington Island's brumby solution is opening doors for young people

The hooves of wild horses are wreaking havoc on a remote island off Queensland's coast. So a solution has been developed — and it doesn't involve culling.

ABC News · Nov 26, 2022

Headdress returned home after 50 years

The traditional owners of Mornington Island have had a significant ceremonial item returned to them after it spent more than 50 years overseas.

AAP · Mar 22, 2022

Alcohol ban eases on Mornington Island after decades of battling deadly home brew

Local leaders on Queensland's Mornington Island say banning alcohol has had deadly consequences due to the rise of toxic home brew and sly grogging. So is opening the pub the answer?

ABC News · Feb 20, 2022

Bentinck Island's 'last people' fight for their homeland after a lifetime of dispossession

They were one of the last coastal Aboriginal tribes to be removed from their homeland by missionaries in the 1940s, but the Kaiadilt people have never given up on Bentinck Island.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2022

Mornington Island's predominantly Indigenous community adopts Australia Day to 'move forward as one'

For the first time, a largely Indigenous community in Queensland's north is celebrating Australia Day as local leaders seek to reinvent a date that carries a painful past.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022