Keriri Island

Keriri Island is a rural locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia.

Keriri Island is a rural locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. It consists only of the island Hammond Island whose only town is also called Hammond Island .In the 2016 census, Keriri Island had a population of 268 people.

Keriri Island was named as a locality on 2 July 2010.Hammond Island was probably named after naval office Sir Andrew Snape Hamond by Captain Edward Edwards on September 1791 while travelling to Timor in the boats after the wreck of HMS Pandora.Bruce Point was named after Robert Gerald Bruce, who worked as a pilot from 1922 to 1964 in the Torres Strait. Following his death 1973, his cremated ashes were scattered at this point.In the 2016 census, Keriri Island had a population of 268 people.