Yule Island
Yule Island Location of Yule Island in Papua New Guinea | |
Geography | |
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Coordinates | 8°49′S 146°32′E / 8.817°S 146.533°ECoordinates: 8°49′S 146°32′E / 8.817°S 146.533°E |
Administration | |
Province | Central Province |
Yule Island is a small island in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located 160 km NW from Port Moresby, on the south coast of Papua New Guinea.
History[]
Yule Island was probably named after Charles Bampfield Yule, a Royal Navy officer who surveyed the area from 1842–1845.[1] It was one of the first areas in Central Province to have contact with Europeans. The Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart began a mission in 1885.[2] The mission was successfully led from 1900 to 1945 by Bishop .[3]
With the European missionaries came catechists from the Philippines, some of which married into the local population. Today, many inhabitants of Yule Island have distinct European and Filipino features.[4]
The visit of Australian poet James McAuley to the mission at Yule Island in 1949 made a profound spiritual impression on him and contributed to his conversion to Catholicism.[5]
Fauna[]
Yule Island is surrounded by coral reefs.[6]
Several spider species are endemic to this island, including:[7]
- The jumping spider species and
- and (Sparassidae)
- and (Thomisidae)
The Early Pliocene Echinodermata fauna is rich and diverse, with 19 species known to occur in the . Nearly half of these species are also represented in northern Australia stocks, with the northern Great Barrier Reef only 600 km away.[8]
Notable people[]
- Susan Karike - designer of the flag of Papua New Guinea
References[]
- ^ Quanchi, Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands, page 251
- ^ Sr Antoninus (1985). "Birds of paradise and drums that announce Christ's peace". Annals Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 Sep 2015. Retrieved 18 Jul 2020.
- ^ R. Tamamai, Yule Island's pioneer Bishop de Boismenu on the path to sainthood, PNG Attitude, 26 Apr 2014.
- ^ Hernandez
- ^ J. Page, Land of Apocalypse – James McAuley’s encounter with the Spirit: the French Catholic Mission of the Sacred Heart, Kubuna, New Guinea, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 37 (1) (2016), 18-31.
- ^ Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
- ^ World Spider Catalog
- ^ nomen nudum 28: report 2001-2002 Archived September 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority: Central Province
- Platnick, Norman I.(2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading[]
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- Lindley, I. David (2003): Echinoids of the Kairuku Formation (Lower Pliocene), Yule Island, Papua New Guinea: Clypeasteroida. . Spatangoida. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 124: 125–162.
- Lindley, I. David (2004): The Yule Island fauna and the origin of tropical northern Australian echinoid (Echinodermata) faunas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 125: 97-109.
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- Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
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