Phillip Parker King of the Royal Navy, on the cutter ‘Mermaid’ in 1819 anchored two miles (3.21km) off the same island Lieutenant Jeffreys had visited four years before, and it was King who named it Goold Island.
The island’s Aboriginal people and those aboard the Mermaid exchanged visits and produce: first hooks and lines for baskets and turtle eggs.
King also named Mount Hinchinbrook, noting that it might prove to be an island.
