Clack Island

{{Short description|Island in Queensland, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

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Clack Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay, Australia.

It is north-east of Denham Island and Flinders Island in the Flinders Group National Park. It is around 21 hectares or 0.21 square km in size,{{cite web|url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=280015&cmd=sp|title=Map of Clack Island, QLD}}

Clack Island has a major place in Aboriginal ritual and mythology, and also has a large number of paintings. It is the traditional centre for male ritual activities and is the resting-place of the two culture heroes, Itjibiya and Almbarrin, who are the dominant figures of traditional mythology in the region.

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