List of islands of Australia
This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory.
Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. The largest islands are: Tasmania 68,332 km²; Melville Island 5,786 km²; Kangaroo Island, 4,416 km²; Groote Eylandt, 2,285 km²; Bathurst Island, 1,693km²; Fraser Island 1,653km²; Flinders Island, 1,359 km²; King Island 1,091 km²; and Mornington Island, 1 002 km².[1]
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Australian Capital Territory
- Aspen Island
- Bowen Island (in Jervis Bay Territory)
- Pine Island
- Spinnaker Island
- Springbank Island
New South Wales
- Bare Island near the north headland of Botany Bay
- Bowen Island in the Jervis Bay Territory
- Chatsworth Island in the Clarence River
- Clark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Cockatoo Island, an island in Sydney Harbour, originally used as a prison and later developed as a shipyard
- Dangar Island, a small forested island in the Hawkesbury River
- Darling Island - no longer an island
- Esk Island - north arm of the Clarence River
- Fort Denison - also known as Pinchgut
- Five Islands Nature Reserve A group of islands off the coast near Wollongong
- Garden Island - no longer an island
- Glebe Island - no longer an island
- Goat Island, a rocky island in Sydney Harbour
- Green Island, a small island north of Smoky Cape
- Harwood Island in the Clarence River
- Lion Island, located at the entrance to the Hawkesbury River
- Long Island, in the Hawkesbury River
- Lord Howe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 km (373 mi) east of the Australian mainland
- Montague Island, 9 km offshore from Narooma on the south coast of the state
- Muttonbird Island an island off Coffs Harbour
- Oxley Island
- Pinchgut - see Fort Denison, a former penal site and defensive facility in Sydney Harbour
- Pulbah Island, the largest island in Lake Macquarie
- Rodd Island, a small island in the Parramatta River
- Scotland Island, an island in the north of Sydney
- Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Snapper Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Spectacle Island, an island in the Hawkesbury River
- Spectacle Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Solitary Islands
- Wasp Island, the only island in Durras Inlet near Batemans Bay[2]
- Woodford Island, an island in the Clarence River on the far North Coast of the state
Northern Territory
- Bathurst Island
- Bickerton Island
- Crocodile Islands
- Croker Island
- Elcho Island
- Goulburn Islands
- Groote Eylandt - Dutch for "Great Island"
- Howard Island
- Marchinbar Island
- Melville Island, the second biggest island in Australia (excluding the mainland)
- Sir Edward Pellew Group
- Tiwi Islands
- Vanderlin Island
- Wessel Islands
- West Island, Torres Strait
Queensland
- Acheron Island
- Agnes Island
- Albino Rock
- Aplin Islet
- Arnold Islets
- Baird Island
- Barber Island
- Bedarra Island
- Beesley Island
- Bird Islands
- Bishop Island - no longer an island (Port of Brisbane wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over this island)
- Bootie Island
- Bountiful Islands
- Bowden Island
- Boyne Island
- Bribie Island
- Brisk Island
- Brook Islands - made up of three islands: North, Tween and Middle.
- Bourke Isles
- Bushy Island
- Bushy Islet
- Cholmondeley Islet
- Clack Island
- Clerke Island
- Coconut Island
- Coochiemudlo Island
- Crab Island
- Curacoa Island
- Denham Island
- Douglas Islet
- Duncan Islands
- Dunk Island
- Eagle Island
- Ephraim Island
- Esk Island
- Eclipse Island
- Fantome Island
- Falcon Island
- Fisher Island
- Fisherman's Island - no longer an island (Port of Brisbane wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over this island)
- Fitzroy Island
- Fly Island
- Frankland Islands
- Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world
- Goold Island
- Gore Island
- Great Keppel Island
- Great Palm Island
- Green Island
- Hannibal Islands
- Harvey Island
- Heron Island
- High Island
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Hudson Island
- Jessie Island
- Kent Island
- King Island
- Kumboola Island
- Lady Elliot Island
- Lady Musgrave Island
- Lindquist Island
- Lizard Island
- Lloyd Island
- Low Island
- Low Wooded Island
- Mabel Island
- Magnetic Island
- Milman Islet
- Moreton Island
- Mornington Island
- Murdock Island
- Nigger Head
- Nob Island
- Noble Island
- Normanby Island
- North Direction Island
- North Stradbroke Island
- Northumberland Islands
- Orpheus Island
- Palfrey Island
- Peel Island
- Pelorus Island
- Pentecost Island
- Percy Island
- Pipon Island
- Prince of Wales Island
- Raine Island
- Restoration Island
- Rocky Island
- Rocky Point Island
- Round Island
- Shaw Island
- Sherrard Island
- Sir Charles Hardy Islands
- The Sisters
- Sisters Islands
- Snapper Island
- South Direction Island
- South Stradbroke Island
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands
- Russell Island
- Macleay Island
- Lamb Island
- Karragarra Island
- Stephens Island
- Struck Island
- Sunday Island
- Sunter Island
- Talbot Islands
- Thomson Islet
- Thorpe Island
- Three Islands
- The Three Sisters
- Torres Strait Islands
- Trochus Island
- Turtle Group
- Watson Island
- Wellesley Islands
- Whitsunday Islands
- Wilson Island
- Woody Island
South Australia
- Granite Island
- Hindmarsh Island
- Kangaroo Island, Australia's third largest island (excluding the mainland)
- Neptune Island
- Nuyts Archipelago
- Flinders Island
- Pearson Isles
- St Francis Island
- St Peter Island
- Spilsby Island
- Thistle Island
- Torrens Island
- Wedge Island
Tasmania
Tasmania is a large island state off the south coast of the island continent of Australia. Islands that are in the State of Tasmania are:
- Albatross Island
- Bruny Island
- Cape Barren Island
- Clarke Island
- De Witt Island
- Eddystone Island
- Flinders Island
- Goat Island
- Hogan Island
- Hunter Island Group
- King Island
- Louisa Island
- Maatsuyker Islands
- Macquarie Island
- Maria Island
- Pedra Branca
- Robbins Island
- Rodondo Island
- Sarah Island
- Schouten Island
- Waterhouse Island
Victoria
- Anser Island
- Barrallier Island
- Bennison Island
- Beveridge Island
- Chinaman Island
- Churchill Island
- Corner Island
- Duck Island
- Elizabeth Island
- French Island
- Gunbower Island
- Gabo Island
- Griffiths Island
- Herring Island
- Joe Island
- Kanowna Island
- Lady Julia Percy Island
- Mud Islands
- Norman Island
- Pental Island
- Phillip Island
- Raymond Island
- Rotamah Island
- Shellback Island
- Snake Island
- Sunday Island
- Swan Island
- Tullaberga Island
Western Australia
Main article: List of islands in Western Australia
- Archipelago of the Recherche
- Barrow Island
- Bonaparte Archipelago
- Buccaneer Archipelago
- Cape Leeuwin Islands
- Carnac Island
- Dampier Archipelago
- Dirk Hartog Island
- Garden Island
- Houtman Abrolhos
- Easter Group
- Alexander Island
- Morley Island
- Rat Island
- Suomi Island
- Wooded Island
- Pelsaert Group
- Gun Island
- Middle Island
- Pelsaert Island
- Wallabi Group
- Easter Group
- Lacepede Islands
- Molloy Island
- Montebello Islands
- Ronsard Island
- Rottnest Island
- Rowley Shoals
- Scott and Seringapatam Reefs
- Wedge Island
External Territories
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Achernar Island
- Masson Island
- Hawker Island (68° 39'S, 77° 52'E)[3]
- Frazier Islands (66° 14'S, 110° 10'E)[3]
- Giganteus Island (67° 37'S, 62° 33'E)[3]
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Cato Island
- Elizabeth Reef
- Middleton Reef
- Willis Island
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Norfolk Island
See also
- List of islands
- List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
- List of islands in the Indian Ocean
- List of islands of Asia
- List of Torres Strait Islands
References
- ^ National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Islands
- ^ "The Inlet that Eluded Bass". Clyde Coast Links. http://www.southcoast.com.au/batemansbay/bassinlet/index.html. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ a b c "National recovery plan for Albatrosses and Giant-petrels: Section 4.1.6 Australian Antarctic Territory". Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/albatross/habitat.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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