| Type: | suburb |
| Keriri Island | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -10.548°N 142.2058°W |
| Pop: | 261 |
| Postcode: | 4875 |
| Area: | 15.8 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 3.8 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Thursday Island |
| Dist2: | 803 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Cairns |
| Dist3: | 2189 |
| Dir3: | NW |
| Location3: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Torres Strait Island Region |
| Stategov: | Cook |
| Fedgov: | Leichhardt |
| Near-N: | Torres Strait |
| Near-Ne: | Torres Strait |
| Near-E: | Torres Strait |
| Near-Se: | Thursday Island |
| Near-S: | Prince of Wales |
| Near-Sw: | Torres Strait |
| Near-W: | Torres Strait |
| Near-Nw: | Torres Strait |
Keriri Island is a rural locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It consists only of the island Hammond Island whose only town is also called Hammond Island .In the, Keriri Island had a population of 261 people.
Hammond Island is the town on the east coast of the island (-10.5543°N 142.2188°W).[2]
Bruce Point is a headland just south of the town (-10.5596°N 142.2202°W).[3] There are boat launching facilities there.
Keriri Island was named as a locality on 2 July 2010.[1]
Hammond Island was probably named after naval office Sir Andrew Snape Hamond by Captain Edward Edwards in September 1791 while travelling to Timor in the boats after the wreck of HMS Pandora.
Bruce Point was named after Robert Gerald Bruce, who worked as a pilot from 1922 to 1964 in the Torres Strait. Following his death 1973, his cremated ashes were scattered at this point.[4] [5]
In the, Keriri Island had a population of 268 people.
In the, Keriri Island had a population of 261 people.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School is a private primary (Prep-3) campus at Lot 11 Church Street (-10.5494°N 142.2103°W) of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School headquartered at Thursday Island.[6] Older children take the daily ferry to Thursday Island to attend the main school there.[7]
There are no government schools on Keriri Island. However, there are government primary and secondary schools on neighbouring Thursday Island.