Cabbage Tree Island is a locality in Ballina Shire located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.

[4] The islanders engaged in cane farming and had their own food gardens, reportedly living self-sufficiently.

[citation needed] In the late twentieth century government management was transferred to a local Aboriginal land council, which maintains the houses on the island.

[citation needed] Buildings were damaged by the 2022 floods and residents were moved to temporary housing pods in Wardell and Ballina.

[9] In September 2023, the Jali Aboriginal Land Council (Jali LALC) announced that the island homes would not be rebuilt, but the residents would be relocated to new homes on the mainland, due to "unacceptably high risk" from flood.