Matthew Flinders might have put Coochiemudlo Island on the chart, but it was Ted Jones who put the island on the Redland history program.
Edward (Ted) Field Jones passed away at the age of 87 on April 26.
Ted came to Coochie in 1963.
He soon began researching the history of the island and, using the skills learned as a navigator of Mitchell bombers in World War II, began to analyse Matthew Flinders' charts, and established that the explorer had landed on the island on July 19, 1799.
Ted played a major role in having Norfolk Beach named in 1977 to mark this historical event.
From 1981 until about 2004, Ted played the role of the explorer at the annual Flinders' Day celebrations, which re-enacts the landing .
Ted was inaugural president and a foundation life member of the Coochiemudlo Island Historical Society, and a was a life member of the Progress Association. On Australia Day, 2010 he was nominated as a Local Hero.
In July, 1999, the island commemorated the bicentennary of Flinders' landing when the Tasmanian-built replica sloop Norfolk toured Moreton Bay.
