The largest island in the world is Greenland.
Australia is not the largest island in the world. It is the world's smallest continent. It is only referred to as an "island continent" because it is completely encircled by water.
The next largest island after Greenland is New Guinea.
Tasmania is the large island off the South East coast, it is the smallest state of Australia but still a large island. New Zealand is East-South-East but it is a long way from Australia and i doubt you would refer to it as south.
New Guinea is a large island north of Australia.
New Guinea is a large island north of the Northern Territory, and is Australia's nearest neighbour.
Melville Island lies to the northwest of the Northern Territory coast, in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. However, to Australia's northwest is the island of Timor, which is divided between East Timor and Indonesia.
The island of New Guinea, to the north of Australia, is occupied by Papua New Guinea in the east and the Indonesian province of West Papua in the west.
Australia.
Tazmania
Australia is a country but it is also a large island. Australia is part of the continent Oceania.
Australia is a large country on an island.
The biggest island near Australia that is not part of Australia, is New Guinea, which lies to Australia's north.
Australia is referred to as the "Island Continent".
The only North Island in Australia is a tiny coral island in the coral archipelago known as the Houtman Abrolhos. It is located in the Indian Ocean, off the midwest coast of Western Australia.
Australia
What large island is part of North America, but belongs to Europe?