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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; Mornington Island, 1 002 km². ,[1] This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory. Australia is often called the island continent, although this is something of a contradiction in terms.
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Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
- 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 Clarence River
- Fort Denison - also known as Pinchgut
- Five Islands Nature Reserve A group of islands off the coast near Wollongong, New South Wales.
- 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
- Long Island - no longer an island
- Lord Howe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean 600 kilometres (373 mi) east of the Australian mainland
- Montague Island, 9 kilometres offshore from Narooma on the south coast of New South Wales
- Muttonbird Island an island off Coffs Harbour
- Oxley Island
- Pinchgut - see Fort Denison, a former penal site and defensive facility in Sydney Harbour
- Rodd Island, a small island on 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 located in Australia's Hawkesbury River
- Spectacle Island, an island in Sydney Harbour
- Solitary Islands
- Woodford Island, an inland island in the Far-North Coast of New South Wales
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
- Bishop Island - no longer an island (Port of Brisbane wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over this island)
- Bribie Island
- Brisk Island
- Brook Islands - made up of three islands: North, Tween and Middle.
- Coochiemudlo Island
- Curacoa Island
- Daydream Island
- Dunk Island
- Esk Island
- Eclipse Island
- Fantome Island
- Falcon 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
- Frankland Islands
- Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world
- Goold Island
- Great Keppel Island
- Green Island
- Hamilton Island
- Heron Island
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Lizard Island
- Magnetic Island
- Moa Island
- Moreton Island
- Mornington Island
- North Stradbroke Island
- Northumberland Islands
- Orpheus Island
- Palm Island
- Pelorus Island
- Pentecost Island, Queensland
- Percy Island
- Prince of Wales Island, Queensland
- Restoration Island
- Saibai Island
- Shaw Island
- Snapper Island
- South Molle Island
- South Stradbroke Island
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Queensland)
- Sunday Island
- Torres Strait Islands
- Wellesley Islands
- Whitsunday Islands
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
- Torrens 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
- King Island
- Louisa Island
- Maatsuyker Islands
- Macquarie Island
- Maria Island
- Pedra Branca
- Robbins Island
- Rodondo Island
- Sarah Island
- Schouten Island
Victoria
- Anser Island
- Barrallier Island
- Bennison Island
- Chinaman Island
- Churchill Island
- Corner Island
- Duck Island
- Elizabeth Island
- French Island
- Gabo Island
- Griffiths Island
- Herring Island
- Joe Island
- Kanowna Island
- Lady Julia Percy Island
- Mud Islands
- Norman Island
- Phillip Island
- Raymond Island
- Rotamah Island
- Shellback Island
- Sunday Island
- Swan Island
- Tullaberga Island
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
- 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)[2]
- Frazier Islands (66° 14'S, 110° 10'E)[2]
- Giganteus Island (67° 37'S, 62° 33'E)[2]
- 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
References
- ^ National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Islands
- ^ 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. Retrieved on 2008-07-16.