Settlement of Mirani

The first settlement in Mirani was named Crestview, founded on the 9th October 1832, any islands were deemed to be too steep and dangerous to build on, the big island was yet to be fully explored and there was little intrest in living in a isolated, dense rain forest island. At the start of the 19th century, towns started to be established throughout the island. It was once part of the New South Wales colony, becoming it's own British colony soon after in 1854.