Bulwer Island

Bulwer Island
Bulwer Island from Fort Lytton
Geography
LocationNorthern Australia
Coordinates27°24′30″S 153°08′25″E / 27.40833°S 153.14028°E / -27.40833; 153.14028
Area1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Administration
StateQueensland
CityPinkenba

Bulwer Island is a 120 hectares (1.2 km2) reclaimed tidal mangrove island at the mouth of the Brisbane River in the suburb of Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the British Colonial Secretary who separated Queensland from New South Wales in 1859 and made Sir George Bowen its first Governor.