The Partridge Island, part of the Partridge Island Group, is an island that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania,

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. The island is situated in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, between Bruny Island and the mainland of Tasmania and is part of the

South Bruny National Park The South Bruny National Park is a national park located on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, about south of Hobart. The park contains the Cape Bruny Lighthouse. The highest point of the park is Mount Bruny at . History The park also embrac ...

.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). '' Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. The other islands in the Partridge Island Group are: * Arch Rock * Charity Island * Curlew Island *

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* Garden Island *

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Huon Island Huon Island is an island with an area of 47 hectares 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. ...

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Flora and fauna

The vegetation is mainly dry eucalypt forest with a grassy understorey.

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s breed on the island. The endangered

forty-spotted pardalote The forty-spotted pardalote (''Pardalotus quadragintus'') is one of Australia's rarest birds and by far the rarest pardalote, being confined to a few colonies in the south-east corner of Tasmania, mainly on Maria Island and Bruny Island. Desc ...

is present. European rabbits were introduced to the island but have since been eradicated. The eastern blue-tongued lizard has been recorded.

Acquisition

The island was privately owned and purchased from Dibbern estate on 8 January 1974 by Richard Ham, a Melbourne doctor, for $50,000. Dr Ham intended to establish an Outward Bound-style sailing school. On 16 May 1975, an inspector from the Department of Lands arrived on Partridge Island and presented Dr Ham with a letter indicating that the Tasmanian Government intended to resume the island. Today, Partridge Island is administered by the

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as part of the South Bruny National Park. Since acquisition, the island's maintenance has been neglected. Blackberries and English ivy have invaded the bush and the jetty has become hazardous. In 1998 volunteers removed approximately of washed-up rubbish.

References

Islands of South East Tasmania Private islands of Tasmania South Bruny National Park {{Tasmania-geo-stub

Flora and fauna

Acquisition

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