Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,250 km (780 mi) northwest of Brisbane.
Covering 8.3 km2 (3.2 square miles) the island is located 17 km (10.6 mi) from shore.
It is covered mostly with open eucalypt forest, rainforested gullies and semi permanent creek water.
For many thousands of years before non-indigenous peoples arrived in the region, Goold, neighbouring islands, and surrounding seas were occupied, used, and enjoyed by generations of the Bandjin peoples' ancestors, leaving behind an array of stone fish traps and shell middens which can still be found on and around the island to this day.
[1] Bandjin survivors of an often violent non-indigenous 'occupation' of the region continue to value and consider Goold Island as part of their sea country, and, in December 2005, they included Goold Island within Australia's and Queensland's first accredited 'Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreement'.