List of islands of Australia

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Australia has thousands of islands within its territory and several external territories. 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.

Australian Capital Territory

• Aspen Island
• Bowen Island (in Jervis Bay Territory)
• Spinnaker Island
• Springbank Island

New South Wales

• Clark Island
• Cockatoo Island
• Dangar Island
• Darling Island - no longer an island
• Fort Denison - also known as Pinchgut
• Garden Island - no longer an island
• Glebe Island - no longer an island
• Goat Island
• Lion Island
• Long Island
• Long Island - no longer an island
• Lord Howe Island
• Ball's Pyramid
• Montague Island
• Pinchgut - see Fort Denison
• Rodd Island
• Scotland Island
• Shark Island
• Snapper Island
• Spectacle Island (in the Hawkesbury River)
• Spectacle Island (in Sydney Harbour)
• Solitary Islands
• Woodford Island

Northern Territory

• Bathurst Island
• Bickerton Island
• Croker Island
• Elcho Island
• Goulburn Islands
• Groote Eylandt - Dutch for "Great Island"
• Howard Island
• Marchinbar Island
• Melville Island
• 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
• 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
• Russell Island
• Fraser 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
• Prince of Wales Island, Queensland
• Restoration Island
• Saibai Island
• Shaw Island
• Snapper Island
• South Molle Island
• South Stradbroke Island
• Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Queensland)
• Russell Island
• Macleay Island
• Lamb Island
• Karragarra Island
• Sunday Island
• Torres Strait Islands
• Thursday Island
• Wellesley Islands
• Whitsunday Islands

South Australia

• Granite Island
• Hindmarsh Island
• Kangaroo Island
• Neptune Island
• Nuyts Archipelago
• Flinders Island
• Pearson Isles
• Torrens Island

Tasmania

• Tasmania is a large island state off the south coast of the island continent of Australia
• Bruny Island
• Cape Barren Island
• Clarke Island
• De Witt Island
• Flinders Island
• Hogan Island
• King Island
• Louisa Island
• Maatsuyker Islands
• Macquarie Island
• Maria Island
• Robbins Island
• Rodondo 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

• See also List of islands in Western Australia
• Archipelago of the Recherche
• Barrow Island
• Bonaparte Archipelago
• Buccaneer Archipelago
• Cockatoo Island
• Cape Leeuwin Islands
• Carnac Island
• Dampier Archipelago
• Rosemary Island
• Dirk Hartog Island
• Garden Island
• Houtman Abrolhos
• Lacepede Islands
• Molloy Island
• Montebello Islands
• Ronsard Island
• Rottnest Island
• Rowley Shoals
• Scott and Seringapatam Reefs

External Territories

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands
• Christmas Island
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• North Keeling Island
• Coral Sea Islands
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Norfolk Island
• Nepean Island
• Phillip 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

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