Interesting facts about Lady Musgrave

Lady Musgrave Island is named for Lady Jeannie Lucinda Musgrave , the second wife of Sir Anthony Musgrave, a colonial governor of Queensland (July 1883-88). Sir Anthony died in 1888 and Lady Musgrave died on the 12th August, 1920 in England.

There is some conjecture as to if the channel into the lagoon is a naturally occurring phenomena, or was cut into the lagoon by Japanese fisherman, or as legend has it was widened by guano miners( bird droppings) many years ago although it is recorded by 1938 and in 1966 surveys.

A concrete slab is the only remnant of a resort which operated at Lady Musgrave Island during the 1930s. The resort closed during WWII and never re-opened.


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