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

Sources

• Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X

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