# gaboisland.au — Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia

> The authoritative factual online guide to Gabo Island: maritime history, geology, wildlife, visiting information, and community records.

## Project Purpose
gaboisland.au is an independent, non-commercial factual website dedicated to documenting Gabo Island, Victoria (Australia). It provides documented historical records, geographical data, ecological surveys of local bird and marine life, Parks Victoria visiting guidelines, and archival photography.

## What is Real vs. Fictional
- **The Island is Real**: Gabo Island is a 154-hectare granite island located off the coast of Mallacoota in East Gippsland, Victoria, near the border with New South Wales. It features the historic 1862 pink granite Gabo Island Lighthouse, Santa Barbara Bay, a grass airstrip, and genuine accommodation operated by Parks Victoria in the Assistant Lightkeepers Cottage.
- **The Fictional Project (GIRL)**: "Gabo Island Resort Lodge" (GIRL, hosted at girl.oze.au) is a fictional luxury resort and creative demonstration of booking system software. No 50-room resort operates on Gabo Island. Any reference to GIRL is strictly identified as fictional creative demonstration material.

## Key Canonical Resources
- Home & Overview: https://gaboisland.au/
- Visiting & Accommodation: https://gaboisland.au/visit/
- Assistant Lightkeepers Cottage: https://gaboisland.au/visit/accommodation/
- Lighthouse & Heritage: https://gaboisland.au/explore/lighthouse/
- Nature & Wildlife: https://gaboisland.au/nature/
- Birds of Gabo: https://gaboisland.au/nature/birds/
- People of Gabo: https://gaboisland.au/people/
- Island History & Timeline: https://gaboisland.au/history/
- Photography & Panoramas: https://gaboisland.au/see/photography/
- Gabo Island in Three Songs: https://gaboisland.au/see/three-songs/
- Sources & Evidence: https://gaboisland.au/sources/
- Corrections & Contact: https://gaboisland.au/corrections/

## Source Provenance & Corrections Policy
Content on gaboisland.au is corroborated against primary historical and scientific archives, including Parks Victoria, Victorian Heritage Database, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), National Archives of Australia, State Library Victoria, and Atlas of Living Australia.
If any factual discrepancy or new historical evidence is found, please submit corrections via https://gaboisland.au/corrections/.