Hope Island (Tasmania)

Hope Island is a small island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland.[1] Its neighbouring islets are named "Faith" and "Charity".

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Flora and fauna

The island was previously farmed, and is mostly cleared of its original vegetation, though small patches of eucalypts remain. Rabbits are present.[2]

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Notes

  1. ^ Brothers et al (2001), p.607.
  2. ^ Brothers et al (2001), p.607.

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