List of islands of Australia

This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory.

[1] The islands larger than 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) are:[2][3] Apart from the state of Tasmania (with a population of 570,000), the largest islands by population are those connected to major urban areas on the mainland by bridge, including Bribie Island near Brisbane with a population of 18,000, and Phillip Island near Melbourne with a population of 14,000.

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;[6] with the main islands listed below, each having a land area greater than 100 hectares (250 acres).

Bird Island , 1996
Cockatoo Island , the largest island in Sydney Harbour , 2008
Lord Howe Island , 2006
K'gari , 2006
Great Keppel Island , 2007
Whitehaven Beach , Whitsunday Island , 2008
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island , 2007
Greenly Island; a distant view taken from the sea (circa 1903) (State Library of South Australia PRG 280/1/1/120)
Chinamans Hat Island as viewed from the nearby coastline
View of Pearson Island from its south end circa 1914 (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263)
Macquarie Island
Currie harbour on King Island , 2007
Phillip Island , 2003
Rottnest Island , 2003
View of the Recherche Archipelago from Dempster Head
Middle Island, Recherche Archipelago 2011
Norfolk Island , 2007