# Bulwer Island

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{{short description|Island in Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| image_name       = Bulwer_from_Fort_Lytton_1a.jpg
| image_caption    = Bulwer Island from [Fort Lytton](/source/Fort_Lytton_National_Park)
| location         = [Northern Australia](/source/Northern_Australia)
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| country_admin_divisions           = [Queensland](/source/Queensland)
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| country_admin_divisions_1         = [Pinkenba](/source/Pinkenba%2C_Queensland)
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'''Bulwer Island''' is a {{convert|120|ha|km2}} [reclaimed](/source/land_reclamation) [tidal](/source/tide) [mangrove](/source/mangrove) [island](/source/island) at the mouth of the [Brisbane River](/source/Brisbane_River) in the suburb of [Pinkenba](/source/Pinkenba%2C_Queensland), [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia).  It is named for [Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton](/source/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton%2C_1st_Baron_Lytton), the British [Colonial Secretary](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies) who [separated Queensland](/source/Separation_of_Queensland) from [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) in 1859 and made [Sir George Bowen](/source/George_Bowen) its first Governor.<ref>{{Cite QPN|5169|Bulwer Island|neighbourhood in the City of Brisbane|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bulwer/intro.html The Victorian Web: Sir Edward G. D. Bulwer-Lytton]</ref>

==Air crash==
In May 1961 a TAA DC-4 airliner crashed onto Bulwer Island during landing at [Brisbane Airport](/source/Brisbane_Airport). The pilot had suffered cardiac arrest and slumped over the control column preventing the co-pilot from regaining control before the plane dived into the mud of the island.

==Oil refinery==
{{main|Bulwer Island Refinery}}
Land was reclaimed joining the island to the mainland commencing in 1963. An [oil refinery](/source/oil_refinery) commenced operations in 1965, and was converted to an import terminal in 2015.

==Lighthouse==
{{main|Bulwer Island Light}}
A [lighthouse](/source/lighthouse), known as [Bulwer Island Light](/source/Bulwer_Island_Light), stood on the island between 1912 and 1983, as part of a pair of [leading light](/source/leading_light). In 1983 it was replaced by a skeletal tower and relocated to the [Queensland Maritime Museum](/source/Queensland_Maritime_Museum) in Brisbane.<ref>{{cite rowlett|qld|accessdate=2010-11-14}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Queensland}}
*[List of islands of Australia](/source/List_of_islands_of_Australia)
*[List of oil refineries](/source/List_of_oil_refineries)

==References==
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Category:Islands of Queensland
Category:Pinkenba, Queensland

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