Peel Island became a leper colony , while North Stradbroke Island became a hub for sand mining .
Peel Island is also associated with the Indigenous rights movement as the home of poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal and academic Aileen Moreton - Robinson .
Peel Island became a leper colony , while North Stradbroke Island became a hub for sand mining , and is also associated with the Indigenous rights movement as the home of poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal and academic Aileen Moreton - Robinson .