Tin Can Bay

Tin Can Bay, situated on the western shore of a mainland inlet south of Fraser Island, is 200 km north of central Brisbane. It is thought that the name came from the anglicisation of tin-kun, an Aboriginal expression describing a narrow-leafed coastal vine, or of similar sounding expressions meaning dugong, big fish or mangroves.

Further Reading: 

Ian Pedley, Winds of change: 100 years in the Widgee Shire, Gympie, Gympie Times, 1979

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