Three shipwrecked sailors, Thomas Pamphlett, John Finnegan and Richard Parsons, spent time on Stradbroke Island after they were washed ashore in 1823.
The next documented contact was between shipwreck survivors Thomas Pamphlett, Richard Parsons and John Finnegan who were helped and provided with food, shelter and a canoe by the local Stradbroke Aborigines.
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