Explore Rita Island, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rita Island, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rita Island, Queensland, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Rita Island and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rita Island.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Rita Island |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Burdekin Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -19.63864 |
| Longitude | 147.53021 |
| Population | 152 |
| Density | 1.8 /km² |
| Area | 86.3 km² |
| Elevation | 6 m |
| Postcode | 4807 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1035 km northwest |
Rita Island is a locality in the Burdekin Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 152. The locality covers an area of 86.3 km², giving a population density of about 1.8 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 6 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1035 km northwest of Brisbane. Rita Island is located at 19.6386°S, 147.5302°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4807. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Rita Island lies under a sky that often bleeds into the vast expanse of the Coral Sea, a low-lying landmass fringed by mangrove-lined channels and the subtle whisper of tidal flats. It lies 86.0 km east-south-east of Townsville City, QLD (from Townsville City, QLD: bearing 119°T), and is situated 12.4 km east of Home Hill. The air here carries a constant, gentle humidity, a soft breath from the tropics that clings to the skin, and the landscape itself is a mosaic of subtle greens and muted browns, where the earth yields easily to the slow, insistent work of water. Saltbush, tough and resilient, clings to the higher ground, a silvery-green sentinel against the relentless sun, while the deeper channels, dark and mysterious, hint at unseen life stirring beneath their surface. The light at dusk is a particularly tender thing, softening the edges of the world, painting the sky in washes of rose and apricot before the stars begin their quiet, glittering dominion.
Historically, Rita Island has been shaped by the ebb and flow of both the sea and human endeavour, its story intertwined with the broader agricultural ambitions of the Burdekin region. The fertile alluvial soils, deposited over millennia by the mighty Burdekin River, have long supported a vibrant sugarcane industry, the tall stalks of cane a dominant feature of the surrounding landscape and a backbone of the local economy. This industry has fostered a resilient, practical character in the island's inhabitants, a spirit honed by the demanding seasons and the shared labour of planting and harvest. While the sugarcane fields hold sway, the island also offers glimpses of the past, with remnants of earlier settlements and the quiet, persistent rhythm of a life lived close to the land and the sea.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Rita Island, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Rita Island, in the Burdekin Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Rita Island includes the postcode (4807), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Burdekin Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Rita Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |