Frankland Group National Park
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox protected area Frankland Group is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1353 km northwest of Brisbane. The five continental islands of the Frankland Group are High Island, Normanby Island, Mabel Island, Round Island and Russell Island, which lie about 10 km offshore, and are about 45 km south east of Cairns.<ref name=About>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They are the traditional home of the Mandingalbay Yidinji, and the Gungandji Aboriginal peoples.<ref name=Index>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 9 June 1770, on the First voyage of James Cook, Cook named the island group after Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet (1718–1784).
A large number of birds are supported here, including numerous seabirds, as well as pied imperial pigeons, fruit doves, varied honeyeaters, and white-breasted woodswallows.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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