Doughboy Island (Tasmania) Explained

Doughboy Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Archipelago:Tin Kettle Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:30
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Doughboy Island, part of the Tin Kettle Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 30ha unpopulated mainly granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]

The island has been devastated by irresponsible farming practices and fire.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan . . October 2000 . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 . 30 March 2011 . dead .
  2. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.