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This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.

Largest islands

The islands larger than 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) are:

New South Wales

Bird Island NSW Aerial view 14-1-1996
Bird Island, 1996
CockatooIslandPanorama
Cockatoo Island, the largest island in Sydney Harbour, 2008
Lord Howe Island from North
Lord Howe Island, 2006
  • Amherst Island, in Lake Mummuga
  • Ash Island, in the lower Hunter River
  • Bare Island, near the north headland of Botany Bay
  • Belowla Island, off Kioloa Beach
  • Bird Island, located near Budgewoi, 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) east of the Central Coast
  • Boondelbah Island, at the mouth of Port Stephens
  • Brisbane Water:
    • Pelican Island
    • Riley's Island
    • St Hubert's Island (largely artificial, created by raising an inter-tidal wetland above high water level)
  • Broughton Island, located north of Port Stephens
  • Broulee Island, located off the coast at Broulee
  • Brush Island, off Bawley Point
  • Cabbage Tree Island, at the mouth of Port Stephens
  • Cabbage Tree Island, in the Richmond River
  • Carter's Island, in Botany Bay near the mouth of George's River
  • Clarence River estuary:
    • Ashby Island
    • Chatsworth Island
    • Freeburn Island
    • Goodwood Island
    • Harwood Island
    • Micalo Island
    • Palmers Island
    • Thorny Island
    • Warregah Island
    • Yargai Island
  • Clark Island, in Sydney Harbour
  • Cockatoo Island, in Sydney Harbour, originally used as a prison and later developed as a shipyard
  • Comerong Island, in the Shoalhaven River estuary
  • Coocumbac Island, in the Manning River at Taree
  • Cook Island, located near Tweed Heads
  • Crampton Island, off the mouth of Lake Tabourie
  • Dalhunty Island, in Wilson River at Telegraph Point
  • Dangar Island, a small forested island in the Hawkesbury River
  • Darling Island, a former island subsequently bridged by land, part of Pyrmont, in Sydney Harbour
  • Elizabeth Island, in the Clarence River near Grafton
  • Esk Island, in the north arm of the Clarence River
  • Fatima Island, a tidal island of the Cook's River
  • Fattorini Island, in the Macleay River near Smithtown
  • Fort Denison, also known as Pinchgut
  • Five Islands Nature Reserve, a group of islands off the coast of Wollongong:
    • Bass Island
    • Big Island
    • Martin Island
    • Red Island
    • Tom Thumb Island
  • 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
  • Green Island, off the mouth of Lake Conjola
  • Hexham Island, in the lower Hunter River
  • Honeysuckle Island, in Wallaga Lake
  • Horse Island, in Tuross Lake
  • Joass Island, located in Little Swan Bay, Port Stephens
  • Kurrajong Island, in the Shoalhaven estuary
  • Lake Illawarra:
    • Berageree Island
    • Bevan's Island
    • Gooseberry Island
    • Hooka Island
    • Picnic Island
    • Cudgeree Island
  • Kooragang Island, in the lower Hunter River
  • Lake Eucumbene:
    • Grace Lea Island
    • Hallstrom Island
    • Heron Island
    • Teal Island
  • Lion Island, in Broken Bay
  • Little Rawdon Island, in Hastings River downstream of Wauchope
  • Long Island, in the Hawkesbury River
  • Lord Howe Island, a small oceanic island in the Tasman Sea, 600 kilometres (370 mi) east of the Australian mainland; it is the most remote island of Australia to not fall under external territory status
  • Manning River estuary:
    • Cabbage Tree Island
    • Dumaresq Island
    • Mitchell's Island
    • Oxley Island
  • Merriman Island, in Wallaga Lake
  • Milson Island, in the Hawkesbury River
  • Montague Island, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Narooma on the south coast
  • Moon Island, 1 km off Swansea Heads
  • Muttonbird Island, off Coffs Harbour
  • Newry Island, in the Kalang River near Urunga
  • Numbaa Island, in the Shoalhaven River
  • Payne's Island, in Wallaga Lake
  • Peat Island, in the Hawkesbury River
  • Pig Island, in the Shoalhaven River
  • Pimlico Island, in Richmond River near Wardell
  • Pinchgut - see Fort Denison, a former penal site and defensive facility in Sydney Harbour
  • Pulbah Island, the largest island in Lake Macquarie
  • Rawdon Island, in Hastings River downstream of Wauchope
  • Reedy Island, in Tuross Lake
  • Regatta Island, in Wallis Lake
  • Rodd Island, a small island in Iron Cove, an arm of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)
  • Sanctuary Island, in Narrabeen Lagoon
  • Scotland Island, in Pittwater
  • Shark Island, in Sydney Harbour
  • Snapper Island, in Sydney Harbour
  • Spectacle Island, in the Hawkesbury River
  • Spectacle Island, in Sydney Harbour
  • Solitary Islands
    • North Solitary Island
    • South Solitary Island
    • Southwest Solitary Island
    • Mid Solitary Island
    • Split Solitary Island
  • Stott's Island, in Tweed River at Tumbuulgum
  • Stuart's Island, in Nambucca River at Bellwood
  • Sultan's Island off coast 4 km north of Eden
  • Susan Island, in Clarence River at Grafton
  • Teribah Island, at The Entrance, Tuggerah Lake
  • Tollgate Islands (2), in Bateman's Bay
  • Ukerebagh Island, in Tweed River at South Tweed Heads
  • Wallis Island, in Wallis Lake
  • Wasp Island, the only island in Durras Inlet near Batemans Bay
  • Wedding Cake Island, a small island off the coast of Coogee
  • Windang Island, a small island at the entrance to Lake Illawarra
  • Woodford Island, in the Clarence River immediately upstream of Maclean
  • Yellow Rock Island, at junction of Bellinger and Kalang Rivers near Urunga

Northern Territory

Queensland

Fraser Island freshwaterlake
Fraser Island, 2006
GreatKeppelIsland beach
Great Keppel Island, 2007
Whitsunday Island - Whitehaven Beach 01
Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, 2008

South Australia

Main category: Islands of South Australia
AUS Kangaroo-Island Remarkable-Rocks
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, 2007
Greenly Island - State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-1-120
Greenly Island; a distant view taken from the sea (circa 1903) (State Library of South Australia PRG 280/1/1/120)
Chinamans Hat Island
Chinamans Hat Island as viewed from the nearby coastline
Pearson Isles, South Australia (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263)
View of Pearson Island from its south end circa 1914 (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263)

Ocean islands

Murray River islands

For a more comprehensive list, see List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia.

Tasmania

MacquarieIslandBeach
Macquarie Island
Currie Harbour-King Island-Australia
Currie harbour on King Island, 2007
Main category: Islands of Tasmania
For a more comprehensive list, see List of islands of Tasmania.

Tasmania is a large island state off the south-east coast of mainland Australia. The main island of Tasmania (which includes 94% of the state's land area) does not have a defined name but can be referred to as the "Tasmanian mainland". There are 334 islands (or islets) within the state of Tasmania; with the main islands listed below, each having a land area greater than 100 hectares (250 acres). A full list of all 334 islands is located at the list of islands of Tasmania.

Victoria

Westcoast Phillip Island Victoria
Phillip Island, 2003

River islands

Western Australia

Basin, Rottnest, Western Australia
Rottnest Island, 2003
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View of the Recherche Archipelago from Dempster Head
Middle Island 1 Recherche Archipelago NR IV-2011
Middle Island, Recherche Archipelago 2011
Main category: Islands of Western Australia
For a more comprehensive list, see List of islands of Western Australia.
See also: Islands of Perth, Western Australia

Over 1,000 islands have been gazetted – only the island groups and major islands are listed.

Australian territories

Jervis Bay Territory

Australian Capital Territory

  • Kingston Island
  • Pine Island
  • Queen Elizabeth II Island
  • Spinnaker Island
  • Springbank Island

External territories

Norfolk Island Captain Cook lookout
Norfolk Island, 2007

See also

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