The island was named by Captain Bedwell after his sub-lieutenant, George Sidney Lindeman whilst aboard the Royal Navy vessel HMS Virago.

[3] Lindeman Island was created after a volcanic mountain range was drowned by rising sea levels.

One aboriginal was shot dead and Henry Irving, a squatter from Broadsound, and Nicholas Millar, a sailor from Rockhampton, were bludgeoned to death.

In 1905 Captain James Adderton[6] took out a sheep grazing lease over the island and established facilities for shearing.

Starting in 1952 Barrier Reef Airways began flying boat services to a number of islands including Lindeman.

Ansett opened Proserpine or Whitsunday Coast Airport in 1957 to allow transfers to smaller island aircraft.