John Brewer Reef

John Brewer Reef is  coral reef  offshore from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is  in size. It is named after the troop ship John Brewer which ran into the reef in 1842. The John Brewer sailed with the Kelso and Arab from Sydney for India on 16 June 1842. There were 26 officers and 700 men of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot (The Slashers) on the ship. On 30 June 1842, all three ships grounded on reefs north-east of Palm Island. The reef where the John Brewer struck is known as Slashers Reefs, after the 28th Regiment's nickname.

John Brewer Reef is notable as the site of the world's first floating hotel, now the Hotel Haegumgang, and of The Coral Greenhouse. This is one of the sculptures created by Jason deCaires Taylor for the Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) and at  and  is the world's largest underwater art structure. 

John Brewer Reef is inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. In March 2022 reef-wide cover of hard corals was 21.8 %. There are concerns about mass coral bleaching. Citizen scientists have reported over 240 species of fish and invertebrates. One of the most notable is the whitetip reef shark.

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Category:Queensland
Category:Reefs