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.

Largest islands
The islands larger than 1,000 km2 are:


 * Tasmania (Tas) 64519 km2;
 * Melville Island, Northern Territory (NT), 5786 km2;
 * Kangaroo Island, South Australia (SA), 4416 km2;
 * Groote Eylandt (NT), 2285 km2;
 * Bathurst Island (NT), 1693 km2;
 * K'gari, Queensland (Qld), 1653 km2;
 * Flinders Island (Tas), 1359 km2;
 * King Island (Tas), 1091 km2; and
 * Mornington Island (Qld), 1002 km2.

New South Wales



 * 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 km 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 km east of the Australian mainland; it is the most remote island of Australia to not fall under external territory status
 * Ball's Pyramid
 * Admiralty Group
 * 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 km 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

 * Bathurst Island
 * Bickerton Island
 * Bruney Island
 * Crocodile Islands
 * Croker Island
 * East Woody Island
 * Elcho Island
 * Goulburn Islands
 * Groote Eylandt - The name is an archaic spelling of the Dutch words for "Big Island" - Australia's 4th largest island
 * Howard Island
 * Inglis Island
 * Marchinbar Island
 * Martjanba Island
 * Melville Island, the second largest island in Australia
 * Quail Island
 * Sir Edward Pellew Group
 * Tiwi Islands
 * Vanderlin Island
 * Wessel Islands

Queensland



 * Acheron Island
 * Agnes Island
 * Albino Rock
 * Aplin Islet
 * Arnold Islets
 * Avoid Island
 * Baird Island
 * Barber Island
 * Barrow Island
 * Bayley Island
 * Bedarra Island
 * Beesley Island
 * Bentinck Island
 * Bird Islands
 * Bishop Island
 * Bootie Island
 * Bountiful Islands
 * Bowden Island
 * Boyne Island
 * Brampton Island
 * Bribie Island
 * Brisk Island
 * Brook Islands, three islands: North, Tween and Middle.
 * Bourke Isles
 * Bushy Island
 * Bushy Islet
 * Cholmondeley Islet
 * Clack Island
 * Clerke Island
 * Coconut Island
 * Coochiemudlo Island
 * Crab Island
 * Cordelia Rocks
 * Coquet Island
 * Curacoa Island
 * Denham Island, Cape York Peninsula
 * Denham Island, Wellesley Islands
 * Douglas Islet
 * Duncan Islands
 * Dunk Island
 * Eagle Island
 * Ellis Island
 * Ephraim Island
 * Esk Island
 * Eclipse Island
 * Fantome Island
 * Falcon Island
 * Fisher Island
 * Fisherman Island
 * Fitzroy Island
 * Fly Island
 * Frankland Islands
 * Russell Island
 * K'gari, the largest sand island in the world
 * Goold Island
 * Gore Island
 * Great Keppel Island
 * Great Palm Island
 * Green Island
 * Haggerston Island
 * Hales Island
 * Hannibal Islands
 * Harvey Island
 * Heron Island
 * High Island
 * Hinchinbrook Island
 * Horseshoe Island
 * Houghton Island
 * Hudson Island
 * Jessie Island
 * Kangaroo Island
 * Kent Island
 * King Island
 * Kumboola Island
 * Lady Elliot Island
 * Lady Musgrave Island
 * Leggatt Island
 * Lindquist Island
 * Lizard Island
 * Lloyd Island
 * Low Island
 * Low Wooded Island
 * Mabel Island
 * Makepeace Island
 * Magnetic Island
 * Milman Islet
 * Moreton Island
 * Mornington Island
 * Morris Island
 * Mudjimba Island
 * Murdock Island
 * Nigger Head
 * Newton Island
 * Nob Island
 * Noble Island
 * Normanby Island
 * North Direction Island
 * North Stradbroke Island
 * Northumberland Islands
 * Bedwell Group
 * Beverley Group
 * Broad Sound Islands
 * Duke Islands
 * Flat Isles
 * Guardfish Cluster
 * Percy Isles
 * Orpheus Island
 * Paddy Island
 * Pains Island
 * Palfrey Island
 * Peel Island
 * Pelorus Island
 * Pentecost Island
 * Percy Island
 * Perry Island
 * Pigeon Island
 * Pincushion Island
 * Pipon Island
 * Prince of Wales Island
 * Pumpkin Island
 * Raine Island
 * Restoration Island
 * Rocky Island
 * Rocky Point Island
 * Rodney Island
 * Round Island
 * St Helena 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
 * Perulpa Island (connected to Macleay Island by causeway)
 * Lamb Island
 * Karragarra Island
 * Saibai Island, in the Torres Strait
 * Stephens Island
 * Struck Island
 * Sunday Island
 * Sunter Island
 * Sweers Island
 * Talbot Islands
 * Tern Island
 * Thomson Islet
 * Thorpe Island
 * Three Islands
 * The Three Sisters
 * Sue Islet
 * Torres Strait Islands
 * Trochus Island
 * Turtle Group
 * Watson Island
 * Wellesley Islands
 * North Wellesley Islands (Mornington, Moondalbee, Lingnoonganee, Pisonia, Lingeleah, Beahgoo, Jinke, Sydney, Tulburrerr, Denham, and Andrew Islands)
 * South Wellesley Islands (Allen, Horseshoe, Albinia,  Bentinck,  Fowler,  and Sweers Islands)
 * West Wellesley Islands (Forsyth, Ivis, Pains, and Bayley Islands)
 * Wheeler Island
 * Whitsunday Islands
 * Daydream Island
 * Dent Island
 * Hamilton Island
 * Hayman Island
 * Hook Island
 * Keswick Island
 * Lindeman Island
 * Long Island
 * South Molle Island
 * Whitsunday Island
 * Wilson Island


 * Woody Island

Ocean islands

 * Althorpe Islands
 * Haystack Island
 * Seal Island (Investigator Strait)
 * Beatrice Islets
 * Bicker Isles
 * Bird Islands
 * Boston Island
 * Busby Islet
 * Casuarina Islets
 * Chinamans Hat Island
 * Curlew Island
 * Douglas Rock
 * Entrance Island
 * Gambier Islands
 * Garden Island
 * Goose Island
 * Granite Island
 * Grantham Island
 * Greenly Island
 * Grindal Island
 * Investigator Group
 * Flinders Island
 * Pearson Isles
 * Dorothee Island
 * Pearson Island
 * Veteran Isles
 * Topgallant Islands
 * Waldegrave Islands
 * Ward Islands
 * Jones Island
 * Kangaroo Island, Australia's third-largest island
 * Liguanea Island
 * Lipson Island
 * Louth Island
 * Neptune Islands
 * Nicolas Baudin Island
 * Nobby Islet
 * Nuyts Archipelago
 * St Francis Island
 * St Peter Island
 * Smooth Island
 * Middle Island
 * Owen Island
 * Paisley Islet
 * Pelorus Islet
 * Pullen Island
 * Rabbit Island, Coffin Bay
 * Rabbit Island, Louth Bay
 * Rabbit Islet, Pelican Lagoon
 * Royston Island
 * St Francis Island
 * St Peter Island
 * Shag Island
 * Sir Joseph Banks Group
 * Blyth Island
 * Boucaut Island
 * Dalby Island
 * Dangerous Reef
 * Duffield Island
 * English Island
 * Hareby Island
 * Kirkby Island
 * Langton Island
 * Lusby Island
 * Marum Island
 * Partney Island
 * Reevesby Island
 * Roxby Island
 * Seal Rock
 * Sibsey Island
 * Spilsby Island
 * Stickney Island
 * Winceby Island
 * Seal Island (Encounter Bay)
 * South Island
 * Taylor Island
 * Thistle Island
 * Torrens Island
 * Troubridge Island
 * Tumby Island
 * Unnamed island, Baird Bay
 * Wardang Island
 * Wedge Island
 * Weeroona Island
 * West Island
 * Wright Island

Murray River islands

 * Hindmarsh Island
 * Mundoo Island
 * Pomanda Island
 * Rabbit Island, Coorong

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 ha. A full list of all 334 islands is located at the list of islands of Tasmania.


 * Bruny Island
 * Furneaux Island Group
 * Anderson Island
 * Babel Island
 * Badger Island
 * Big Green Island
 * Cape Barren Island
 * Clarke Island
 * East Kangaroo Island
 * Flinders Island
 * Goose Island
 * Great Dog Island
 * Long Island
 * Mount Chappell Island
 * Hogan Island
 * Hunter Island Group
 * Hunter Island
 * Robbins Island
 * Three Hummock Island
 * Kent Island Group
 * Deal Island
 * Dover Island
 * Erith Island
 * King Island
 * Maatsuyker Islands Group
 * Chicken Island
 * De Witt Island
 * Maatsuyker Island
 * Macquarie Island
 * Maria Island
 * Ile du Nord
 * Partridge Island
 * Petrel Island Group
 * Big Sandy Petrel Island
 * Big Stony Petrel Island
 * Little Stony Petrel Island
 * South West Petrel Island
 * Kangaroo Island
 * Howie Island
 * Picnic Island
 * Robbins Island
 * Walker Island (northwest)
 * Rodondo Island
 * Schouten Island
 * Sloping Island Group
 * Sloping Island
 * Smooth Island (Tasmania)
 * Waterhouse Island Group
 * Swan Island
 * Waterhouse Island

Victoria



 * Anser Island
 * Barrallier Island
 * Bennison Island
 * Chinaman Island
 * Churchill Island
 * Corner Island
 * Duck Island
 * Elizabeth Island
 * French Island
 * Gabo Island
 * Griffiths Island
 * Joe Island
 * Kanowna Island
 * Lady Julia Percy Island
 * Mud Islands
 * Norman Island
 * Phillip Island
 * Raymond Island
 * Rotamah Island
 * Sandstone Island
 * Shellback Island
 * Snake Island
 * Sunday Island
 * Swan Island
 * Tullaberga Island
 * Mangrove Islet

River islands

 * Beveridge Island
 * Coode Island
 * Gunbower Island
 * Herring Island
 * Jordan's Island
 * Pental Island

Western Australia


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


 * Ashmore Reef
 * Barrow Island
 * Bonaparte Archipelago
 * Buccaneer Archipelago
 * Cockatoo Island
 * Cape Leeuwin Islands
 * Carnac Island
 * Dampier Archipelago
 * Dirk Hartog Island
 * Garden Island
 * Houtman Abrolhos
 * Easter Group
 * Pelsaert Group
 * Wallabi Group
 * Lacepede Islands
 * Lowendal Islands
 * Mary Anne Group
 * Montebello Islands
 * Recherché Archipelago
 * Rottnest Island
 * Rowley Shoals
 * Scott and Seringapatam Reefs
 * Shark Bay islands
 * Wedge Island

Jervis Bay Territory

 * Bowen Island

Australian Capital Territory

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

External territories



 * Ashmore and Cartier Islands
 * Australian Antarctic Territory
 * Achernar Island
 * Masson Island
 * Hawker Island
 * Frazier Islands
 * Giganteus Island
 * Christmas Island
 * Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 * Horsburgh Island
 * Home Island
 * North Keeling Island
 * West Island
 * Coral Sea Islands
 * Cato Island
 * Elizabeth Reef
 * Middleton Reef
 * Willis Island
 * Heard Island and McDonald Islands
 * Norfolk Island
 * Nepean Island
 * Phillip Island