White Patch

White Patch is a coastal town and locality of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.

White Patch is a coastal town and locality of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of White Patch had a population of 142 people.

The town was originally called Bribie, but was renamed White Patch on 1 September 1980. The name White Patch refers a sand patch formerly visible from Pumicestone Channel.In 1799 Matthew Flinders beached his sloop Norfolk for repairs at White Patch.The Queensland Government sold 140 town lots in the Town of Bribie at the "White Patch" in 1887.A Department of Public Lands cadastral map drawn up in June 1925 shows properties facing Pumicestone Channel, bordered by Maud street on the north west, Charles Street to the north and Bunbuba Street on the south east.In November 1948, fishermen at White Patch claimed to have seen a sea serpent. It was described as being brown or yellow "like a banana", 18 to 24 feet (5.5 to 7.3 m) long with large eyes and was accompanied by smaller serpents (possibly its young). It was said to hiss and squeak. In December 1948, Eric Decker, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Sandgate, caught such a "serpent" while on holidays at Bribie Island. Mr Mack, curator at the Queensland Museum, said the description was consistent with a common sea snakein Moreton Bay.At the 2011 census White Patch recorded a population of 112.In the 2016 census the locality of White Patch had a population of 142 people.

A talking monument tells the story of the landing of Matthew Flinders on Bribie Island in July 1799.