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List of islands of Australia#New South Wales

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This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/landforms/islands#heading-2|title=Islands|author=Geoscience Australia|date=2014-05-15|website=www.ga.gov.au|language=EN|access-date=2020-01-09}}

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Largest islands

The islands larger than {{convert|1,000|km2}} are:{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/dimensions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories.html |title=Area of Australia - States and Territories |work=Geoscience Australia |date=15 May 2014 |publisher=Australian Government }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/landforms/largisle.htm |title=National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Islands |work=Geoscience Australia |publisher=Australian Government |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822133909/https://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/landforms/largisle.htm |archive-date=22 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }}

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.

New South Wales

File:Bird Island NSW Aerial view 14-1-1996.jpg, 1996]]

File:CockatooIslandPanorama.jpg, the largest island in Sydney Harbour, 2008]]

File:Lord Howe Island from North.jpg, 2006]]

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Northern Territory

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Queensland

File:Fraser Island freshwaterlake.jpg, 2006]]

File:GreatKeppelIsland beach.jpg, 2007]]

File:Whitsunday Island - Whitehaven Beach 01.jpg, Whitsunday Island, 2008]]

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South Australia

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File:AUS Kangaroo-Island Remarkable-Rocks.JPG on Kangaroo Island, 2007]]

File:Greenly Island - State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-1-120.jpeg

File:Chinamans Hat Island.JPG

File:Pearson Isles, South Australia (State Library of South Australia PRG-280-1-12-263).jpeg

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= Murray River islands =

{{Main list|List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia}}

Tasmania

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File:Currie Harbour-King Island-Australia.jpg harbour on King Island, 2007]]

{{Main category|Islands of Tasmania}}

{{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 islets) within the state of Tasmania;{{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 |year=2001 |page=44 }} 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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Victoria

File:Westcoast Phillip Island Victoria.JPG, 2003]]

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Western Australia

File:Basin, Rottnest, Western Australia.jpg, 2003]]

File:Recherchearchipelago1.jpg

File:Middle Island 1 Recherche Archipelago NR IV-2011.JPG

{{Main category|Islands of Western Australia}}

{{Main list|List of islands of Western Australia}}

{{See also|Islands of Perth, Western Australia}}

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

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Australian territories

=Jervis Bay Territory=

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External territories

File:Norfolk Island Captain Cook lookout.jpg, 2007]]

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See also

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References

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