Beveridge Island is an island in

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, within the locality of

Tyntynder Tyntynder is a locality in the south-east of the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. Tyntynder Football Club is an Australian rules football team in the Central Murray Football League. Tyntynder post office A post office is a public ...

in the

Rural City of Swan Hill The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 20,759. It includes the towns of Swan Hill, Lake Boga, M ...

. It is enclosed by the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

, and an

anabranch An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the watercourse. In larger anabranches, th ...

of the river in the south and has an area of approximately 1116 hectares. There are no road crossings to the island.

Boundary dispute

In 1873, the year after the

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determined that

Pental Island Pental Island is an island and rural locality in Victoria, Australia, bordering Swan Hill, Victoria in the north. The island is bounded by the Murray River in the north and the Little Murray River in the south; the Little Murray diverging from ...

was part of Victoria, New South Wales and Victoria agreed that Beveridge Island was also Victorian territory. This agreement was based on the conclusion of the states' respective Surveyors General that the northern branch of the

was the main channel. In 1982, William Hazlett, a farmer who had been charged in the

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with illegally taking water from the southern stream of the Murray River to irrigate Beveridge Island, unsuccessfully challenged this agreement in the High Court, arguing that the southern branch was the main one and the island was therefore in New South Wales. The High Court dismissed his appeal, confirming that the island was part of Victoria.''Hazlett v Presnell'' ; (1982) 149 CLR 107.

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Boundary dispute

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