Dunwich, Queensland

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Dunwich is a small town on the western side of North Stradbroke Island in the Australian state of Queensland. The town is part of the Redland Shire local government area, based on the mainland in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Cleveland. Dunwich is one of three towns on North Stradbroke Island - the others being Amity Point and Point Lookout.

Vehicular ferries which cross Moreton Bay link the mainland with North Stradbroke Island dock at Dunwich. Mining companies have also extensive bardge docking and loading facilities at Dunwich. The only cemetery on the island is found in this small town.

The first settlement at Dunwich was established in 1827. A quarantine station opened in 1850, although this was eventually moved to the more isolated St Helena Island in Moreton Bay. The station was converted into a nursing home for the elderly and infirm, one of Queensland's first such facilities. The home was moved to Sandgate in 1946.