The Sixth Island — the Name Matthew Flinders called Coochiemudlo Island 225 years ago

Matthew Flinders
Written By Angela Hoskins

Ted Jones as Flinders at the 200th anniversary of Matthew Flinders landing on Coochiemudlo Island. A replica of the Norfolk is in the background.

The Flinders’ Day re-enactment at Norfolk Beach July 21, 2024, is also a celebration of Matthew Flinders naming of Coochiemudlo Island as The Sixth Island, 225 years ago.

The Norfolk entered Moreton Bay 14th July 1799, visited Bribie Island, and then explored southward seeking inland rivers.

Flinders rowed ashore to explore the island we now call Coochiemudlo Island. He took a sextant reading. He noticed pandanus palms, but the beach was totally deserted. There were dog paw prints in the sand and signs of human habitation.

On July 19th, 1799, Flinders named the island the sixth island.

Norfolk Beach is one of four heritage listed sites on Coochiemudlo Island and this beach is part of the heritage listed Emerald Fringe.

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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