Mulgumpin (Moreton Island)
Tangalooma is the resort on Mulgumpin (Moreton Island). “Moorgumpin meaning ‘place of sandhills’ is the Aboriginal name for Moreton Island and Tangalooma means ‘where fishes meet’ … In 1950 the Australian Company Whale Products Pty Ltd was formed. Tangalooma was chosen as the site for the largest land-based whaling station in the southern hemisphere. … […]