Bentinck Island, Queensland

Bentinck Island, Queensland

Bentinck Island
Geography
Location	Queensland
Coordinates	17°03′36″S 139°30′00″E / 17.06000°S 139.50000°E / -17.06000; 139.50000
Adjacent to	Gulf of Carpentaria
Administration
Australia
State	Queensland
Capital and largest city	Brisbane
Area covered	180 km2 (69 sq mi)
Demographics
Population	0 (2016)[1]
Additional information
Time zone	Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
ISO code	AUS

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.