[2] The island is part of the traditional sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people.

[3] In the early 1900s, Jerry Doyle operated a lime kiln on the island, fired by wood from the Daintree, ferried over on a vessel called the "Nellie".

There is evidence of remains of an early Chinese market garden on the island, the watercourse stonework of which is still visible today.

[3] This island was a stopover by George Elphinstone Dalrymple before he discovered the Daintree River.

It is inhabited by many sea creatures and birds including the pied imperial-pigeons who come here during the summer season.