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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2017}}
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This is a '''list of selected Australian islands''' grouped by [[States and territories of Australia|Statestate or Territoryterritory]]. [[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|lastauthor=[[Geoscience 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>
{{Incomplete list|expand list|date=October 2019}}
 
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* [[Groote Eylandt]] (NT), {{convert|2285|km2}};
* [[Bathurst Island, Northern Territory|Bathurst Island]] (NT), {{convert|1693|km2}};
* [[K'gari (Fraser Island)|Fraser Island]], [[Queensland]] (Qld), {{convert|1653|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]]
** [[Palmer'sPalmers Island (Clarence River)|Palmers 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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** [[Admiralty Group]]
* [[Manning River]] estuary:
** [[Cabbage Tree Island]]
** [[Dumaresq Island]]
** [[Mitchell's Island]]
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==Queensland==
[[File:Fraser Island freshwaterlake.jpg|thumb|[[K'gari (Fraser Island)|Fraser Island]], 2006]]
[[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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* [[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]]
* [[Fraser Island (K'gari)|K'gari]], the largest sand island in the world
* [[Goold Island National Park|Goold Island]]
* [[Gore Island (Queensland)|Gore Island]]
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* [[Pains Island]]
* [[Palfrey Island]]
* [[Peel Island (Queensland)|Peel Island]]
* [[Pelorus Island]]
* [[Pentecost Island, Queensland|Pentecost 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 |work=Tasmania's Offshore Islands by Region |year=2001 |page=44 }}</ref> with the main islands listed below, each having a land area greater than {{convert|100|ha}}. A full list of all 334 islands is located at the [[list of islands of Tasmania]].
 
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