Albany Island or Pabaju is an island at the very tip of Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...

 in the Adolphus Channel

Adolphus Channel

Adolphus Channel or Albany passage is a channel at the north eastern end of Cape York Peninsula, or south eastern portion of the Torres Strait in Queensland. It runs between the Albany Island to the south, and Mount Adolphus Island to the north...

 and part of the Manar Group of islands Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, in the Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...

 about 20 km (12.4 mi) East of Bamaga

Bamaga, Queensland

-Language:The community languages of Bamaga are Kalaw Kawaw Ya, Brokan , and English, particularly for education and government business.-Industry:...

, and 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the tip of Cape York.

The island is a part of the Torres Strait Islands

Torres Strait Islands

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea but Torres Strait Island known and Recognize as Nyumaria.The islands are mostly part of...

; it is about 6 km (3.7 mi) long and is volcanic with fringing coral reefs. It is said to have been certainly part of the territory of the Djagaraga

Djagaraga

The Djagaraga or Gudang are an Australian Aboriginal tribe, inhabiting the northernmost area of Cape York Peninsula.Albany Island or Pabaju is said to have certainly been part of Gudang territory.Traditionally they spoke the Djagaraga language....

 or Gudang people.

The island was surveyed very early in the region's history and part of the island was named Port Albany

A bêche-de-mer

Bêche-de-mer

Bêche-de-mer can refer to:* Bislama; Vanuatu Pidgin English* Sea cucumber...

 station was established on the island in 1862 by C. Edwards and J. Frazer. After an inspection by Queensland's Governor Bowen, a settlement was planned for the island but it was built instead on the adjacent mainland in 1863 at Somerset

Somerset, Queensland

Somerset is a historical ruin of Somerset homestead, a station established by John Jardine in 1863 and is 35 km north of Bamaga on Cape York in Queensland, Australia. It is a good camping area and day trip with facilities for barbecues....

, Queensland. There was still a trochus

Trochus

Trochus is a genus of medium-sized to very large sea snails. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

 shell farm there in 1995, and there is now an operational pearl farm.

The wreck of the "RMS Quetta

RMS Quetta

The RMS Quetta was a merchant ship that wrecked on the Far North Queensland coast on 28 February 1890. Of the 292 people aboard, 134 perished.-Background:...

", a passenger ship that sank in 1890, lies just off Albany Island. The ship hit an uncharted rock and sank in a very short time killing 134 people.