Garden Island (Huon River)

Garden Island is a small stony island that is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland.[1]

Flora and fauna

Much of the island is covered with eucalypt forest.[2]

Names and other islands

Garden Island, Tasmania is an island along the Huon River, but Garden Island has become the pseudonym for both Green Island,[3] Smooth Island as well as one of the islands in within the Great Lake (Tasmania).[4]

Gardners Island, in the Huon River, was named by the Rev R. Knopwood in 1804. It is shown under that name in the 1832 map, while a Garden or Smooth Island appears at the entrance of Norfolk Bay. [5]=

References

  1. ↑ Brothers (2001), p.607.
  2. ↑ Brothers (2001), p.607.
  3. ↑ http://www.gtdhs.com/html/history.html
  4. ↑ http://stors.tas.gov.au/PH30-1-648
  5. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26427860

Sources

Robert Barr owned garden island 1991 to 2009

Coordinates: 43°15′S 147°07′E / 43.250°S 147.117°E / -43.250; 147.117


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