A 15-year-old boy has been charged over the gang rape of a six-year-old girl on Mornington Island . The teenager allegedly assaulted the girl last April and has been charged under the Youth Justice Act . It was alleged the girl was attacked by four teenage boys aged between 14 and 16 , The Courier Mail reported . A 15-year-old boy has been charged over the gang rape of a six-year-old girl on Mornington Island . She was reportedly taken from an Aboriginal community on the island to Townsville Hospital after the attack . A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the charges laid on Tuesday relate to that investigation . No other charges have yet been laid and it 's understood investigations are continuing . Mornington Island is the largest of the North Wellesley Islands off the northern Queensland coast and has an indigenous population of more than 1000 , primarily Lardil people . At the time of the incident , it was understood the group who were thought to be involved in the incident were taken from the island , with permission from the family . It was alleged the girl was attacked by four teenage boys aged between 14 and 16 . This was done as it was feared tensions would flare in the community and trigger a riot , News Corp reported . The four teenagers were put into the care of the Department of Child Safety in Mt Isa , in Queensland 's north-west . News of the attack even reached the ears of then-premier Campbell Newman . Mornington Island has a history of unrest between families , which are further agitated by drinking issues and physical violence . Police on the island have had to deal with extensive sly-grogging and home brew production . Mornington Island is the largest of the North Wellesley Islands off the northern Queensland coast and has an indigenous population of more than 1000 , primarily Lardil people .
Alleged gang rape happened April last year and investigations are ongoing . 15-year-old along with others were taken off island and put into foster care . At the time of the incident , the girl , 6 , was taken to Townsville Hospital . Mornington Island is off the coast Campbell Newman and lies north of Mt Isa .