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. The
D'Entrecasteaux Channel is the
mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...
for the
Huon River
The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia. At in length, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and e ...
.
Green Island in the Tamar River was also renamed as
Garden Island, and other islands sometimes called "Garden Island" include
Smooth Island and one of the islands within the
Great Lake. The island at the mouth of the Huon River was named "Gardners Island" by the Rev R. Knopwood in 1804, and had that name in maps in 1832. At that time, a "Garden Island" or "Smooth Island" appeared on maps at the entrance of Norfolk Bay.
Flora and fauna
Much of the island is covered with
eucalypt forest.
[Brothers (2001), p.607.]
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.
Robert Barr owned garden island 1991 to 2009
Islands of South East Tasmania
Private islands of Tasmania
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