Bentinck Island, Queensland

Bentinck Island, Queensland
Bentinck Island
Geography
LocationQueensland
Coordinates17°03′36″S 139°30′00″E / 17.06000°S 139.50000°E / -17.06000; 139.50000
Adjacent toGulf of Carpentaria
Administration
StateQueensland
Capital and largest cityBrisbane
Area covered180 km2 (69 sq mi)
Demographics
Population0 (2016)
Additional information
Time zone
  • Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
ISO codeAUS

Bentinck Island is one of the South Wellesley Islands, in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria. The traditional home of the Kaiadilt people, the island was the site of a brutal massacre in 1918 known as the McKenzie massacre, in which many Indigenous inhabitants died.