The island group has been located with the protected area known as The Pages Conservation Park since 1972.

[1] In Aboriginal lore the islands are those of two women that Nurunderi had saved, but who had subsequently eaten forbidden food and fled him.

[3] The Pages consist of two main islands, lying about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) apart, are similar in size.

Geologically, The Pages are constituted of phyllites of the Brukunga Formation, formed from metamorphosed Cambrian sedimentary rocks.

[1] A little penguin colony existed on the South Page island, with an estimated population of 200-400 birds in 1992.