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{{Short description|
{{Redirect|Islands of Australia|the 2016 television program|Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
This is a '''list of selected Australian islands''' grouped by [[States and territories of Australia|state or territory]]. [[Australia]] has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/landforms/islands#heading-2|title=Islands|
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▲[[Australia]] has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/landforms/islands#heading-2|title=Islands|last=Australia|first=c\=AU\;o\=Australia Government\;ou\=Geoscience|date=2014-05-15|website=www.ga.gov.au|language=EN|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref>
==Largest islands==
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* [[Groote Eylandt]] (NT), {{convert|2285|km2}};
* [[Bathurst Island, Northern Territory|Bathurst Island]] (NT), {{convert|1693|km2}};
* [[
* [[Flinders Island]] (Tas), {{convert|1359|km2}};
* [[King Island, Tasmania|King Island]] (Tas), {{convert|1091|km2}}; and
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* [[Amherst Island (New South Wales)|Amherst Island]], in Lake Mummuga
* [[Kooragang Island#Ash Island|Ash Island]], in the lower Hunter River
* [[Bare Island (New South Wales)|Bare Island]], near the north headland of Botany Bay
* [[Belowla Island]], off Kioloa Beach
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* [[Broulee Island]], located off the coast at [[Broulee]]
* [[Brush Island]], off Bawley Point
* [[Cabbage Tree Island (John Gould Nature Reserve)|Cabbage Tree Island]], at the mouth of Port Stephens
* [[Cabbage Tree Island, New South Wales|Cabbage Tree Island]], in the Richmond River
* [[Carter's Island]], in Botany Bay near the mouth of George's River
* [[Clarence River (New South Wales)|Clarence River]] estuary:
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** [[Harwood Island (New South Wales)|Harwood Island]]
** [[Micalo Island]]
** [[
** [[Thorny Island]]
** [[Warregah Island]]
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* [[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, New South Wales|Pyrmont]], in Sydney Harbour
* [[Elizabeth Island (New South Wales)|Elizabeth Island]], in the Clarence River near Grafton
* [[Esk Island (New South Wales)|Esk Island]], in the north arm of the Clarence River
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** [[Big Island (New South Wales)|Big Island]]
** [[Martin Islet, New South Wales|Martin Island]]
** [[Red Island, New South Wales|Red Island]]
** [[Tom Thumb Island]]
* [[Garden Island, New South Wales|Garden Island]] (no longer an island)
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* [[Little Rawdon Island]], in Hastings River downstream of Wauchope
* [[Long Island (New South Wales)|Long Island]], in the Hawkesbury River
* [[Lord Howe Island]], a small oceanic island in the Tasman Sea, {{convert|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:
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** [[Dumaresq Island]]
** [[Mitchell's Island]]
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* [[Stott's Island]], in Tweed River at Tumbuulgum
* [[Stuart's Island]], in Nambucca River at Bellwood
* [[Sultan's Island]] off coast 4
* [[Susan Island]], in Clarence River at Grafton
* [[Teribah Island]], at The Entrance, Tuggerah Lake
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* [[Groote Eylandt]] - The name is an archaic spelling of the Dutch words for "Big Island" - Australia's 4th largest island
* [[Howard Island]]
* [[Marchinbar Island]]
* [[Martjanba Island]]
* [[Melville Island, Northern Territory|Melville Island]], the second largest island in Australia
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==Queensland==
[[File:Fraser Island freshwaterlake.jpg|thumb|[[
[[File:GreatKeppelIsland beach.jpg|thumb|[[Great Keppel Island]], 2007]]
[[File:Whitsunday Island - Whitehaven Beach 01.jpg|thumb|[[Whitehaven Beach]], [[Whitsunday Island]], 2008]]
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* [[Aplin Islet]]
* [[Arnold Islets]]
* [[Avoid Island]]
* [[Baird Island]]
* [[Barber Island]]
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* [[Bedarra Island]]
* [[Beesley Island]]
* [[Bentinck Island, Queensland|Bentinck Island]]
* [[Bird Islands (Queensland)|Bird Islands]]
* [[Bishop Island (Queensland)|Bishop Island]]<ref name=bris>No longer an island - [[Port of Brisbane]] wharves construction in the mouth of the Brisbane River extended over it</ref>
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* [[Frankland Group National Park|Frankland Islands]]
** [[Russell Island (Frankland Islands)|Russell Island]]
* [[
* [[Goold Island National Park|Goold Island]]
* [[Gore Island (Queensland)|Gore Island]]
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* [[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 (Queensland)|Peel Island]]
* [[Pelorus Island]]
* [[Pentecost Island, Queensland|Pentecost Island]]
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** [[Russell Island (Moreton Bay)|Russell Island]]
** [[Macleay Island]]
** Perulpa Island (
** [[Lamb Island (Moreton Bay)|Lamb Island]]
** [[Karragarra Island (Moreton Bay)|Karragarra Island]]
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* [[Wellesley Islands]]
**[[North Wellesley Islands]] ([[Mornington Island|Mornington]], Moondalbee, Lingnoonganee, Pisonia, Lingeleah, Beahgoo, Jinke, Sydney, Tulburrerr, Denham, and Andrew Islands)
**[[South Wellesley Islands]] ([[Allen Island, Queensland|Allen]], [[Horseshoe Island, Queensland|Horseshoe]], Albinia, [[Bentinck Island, Queensland|Bentinck]], Fowler, and [[Sweers Island
**[[West Wellesley Islands]] (Forsyth, Ivis, [[Pains Island|Pains]], and [[Bayley Island]]s)
* [[Wheeler Island (Queensland)|Wheeler Island]]
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{{Main list|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 [[islet]]s) within the state of Tasmania;<ref name="brothers et al">{{cite book |author1=Brothers, Nigel |author2=Pemberton, David |author3=Pryor, Helen |author4=Lucieer, Vanessa |title=Tasmania's offshore islands: seabirds and other natural features |publication-date=2001 |publisher=Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |isbn=978-0-7246-4816-0 |location=Hobart, Tasmania
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===Australian Capital Territory===
* [[
* [[Pine Island (Canberra)|Pine Island]]
* [[Queen Elizabeth II Island]]
* [[Spinnaker Island (Lake Burley Griffin)|Spinnaker Island]]
* [[Springbank Island]]
▲* [[Kingston Island]]
==External territories==
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[[Category:Lists of islands by continent|Australia]]
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