Barrallier Island is a very small uninhabited island located northwest of
French Island French Island can refer to:
*French Island (Victoria), in Australia
*French Island, Wisconsin, in the United States
* French Island No. 1 and French Island No. 2 in the Ohio River in Kentucky
*French Island, an island in Ellis Pond, Oxford County, ...
in
Victoria,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
The island is shown on the chart of
Western Port based on the 1801 survey by
James Grant James Grant may refer to:
Politics and law
*Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer
*Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician
*Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament
* ...
in .
The island is named after
Francis Barrallier
Francis Louis Barrallier (19 October 1773 – 11 June 1853) was a French-born explorer of Australia.
Life and career
Francis Barrallier was the eldest son of Jean-Louis Barrallier, a French marine engineer and Royalist supporter who escaped ...
, who was responsible for the charting of Western Port.
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Flora & fauna
* Sparse scrub and grass vegetation on the higher parts of the island
* Mangroves on the southern shore
References
Islands of Victoria (Australia)
Western Port
Uninhabited islands of Australia
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