Rotamah Island
{{Short description|Island in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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Rotamah Island, or Gellung-warl in the Kurnai language,[http://www.chaosfilter.com/wurruk/index.htm Wurruk: by Vaughan Nikitin, ChaosFilter.com Online Publishing, A Story Written in an Aboriginal Ganai - Kurnai - Language - Mountain Cattlemen - Victoria - Gippsland - Aboriginal History, Myth, Legend] is a river island in The Lakes National Park, in the Gippsland Lakes of Victoria, Australia, about {{convert|6|km|mi}} from Paynesville, from which it is accessible by boat.
Features
Recent history
- 1975 - Purchased by the Victorian Government
- 1978 - Rotamah and Little Rotamah Islands added to The Lakes National Park
- 1979-2001 - Birds Australia leases the island's homestead to operate as the Rotamah Island Bird Observatory
References
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External links
- [http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=196 Parks Victoria - The Lakes National Park]
{{Islands of Victoria |state=autocollapse}}
Category:Islands of Victoria (state)
Category:River islands of Australia
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