List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia

List of islands within the Murray River in South Australia is a list of islands located within the watercourse of the Murray River within the Australian state of South Australia from the mouth of the river at Encounter Bay in the south to the borders with the states of New South Wales and Victoria in the east including the following lakes located adjacent to the river's mouth - Coorong, Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina.

Aerial view of Lakes Albert and Alexandrina

Coorong

The following list includes islands (listed from west to east) in the Coorong as well as the following two channels connecting it to Port Pullen at the Murray Mouth - the Coorong Channel and the Tauwitchere Channel. As of 2014, all of the islands in the following list were within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
Sam Island	35°44′42″S 139°14′31″E / 35.74496787°S 139.24189437°E	[3][7][8]
Needles Island	35°50′39″S 139°21′17″E / 35.84407827°S 139.35480084°E	[3][9]
Goat Island	35°50′50″S 139°20′52″E / 35.84723052°S 139.34768843°E	[3][10]
Snake Island	35°51′02″S 139°21′57″E / 35.850670°S 139.365840°E	[3][11]
Rabbit Island	35°51′37″S 139°22′42″E / 35.860210°S 139.3784°E	[3][12]
Bluff Island	35°53′03″S 139°23′22″E / 35.884060°S 139.3895°E	[3][13]
Bull Island	35°54′56″S 139°25′18″E / 35.915620°S 139.421670°E	[4][14]
Cow Island	35°55′52″S 139°27′03″E / 35.93104990°S 139.45079703°E	[4][15]
Long Island	35°56′08″S 139°27′27″E / 35.935640°S 139.457560°E	[4][16]
Round Island	35°56′28″S 139°27′44″E / 35.941030°S 139.462180°E	[4][17]
Swan Island	35°56′40″S 139°28′09″E / 35.944510°S 139.469190°E	[4][18]
Stony Well Island	35°57′44″S 139°29′28″E / 35.962280°S 139.491090°E	[4][19]
Cattle Island	36°00′25″S 139°32′04″E / 36.00705859°S 139.53448578°E	[4][20]
Teal Island	36°02′13″S 139°33′30″E / 36.036880°S 139.558470°E	[4][21]
North Pelican Island	36°02′40″S 139°33′31″E / 36.04435402°S 139.55871543°E	[4][22]
Halfway Island	36°03′06″S 139°34′01″E / 36.05166457°S 139.56690284°E	[4][23]
Pelican Island	36°03′27″S 139°33′48″E / 36.057460°S 139.563460°E	[4][24]
Mellor Island	36°04′06″S 139°34′30″E / 36.068370°S 139.574870°E	[4][25]
Seagull Island	36°05′03″S 139°35′25″E / 36.084270°S 139.590410°E	[4][26]
Wild Dog Island	36°07′24″S 139°37′41″E / 36.123280°S 139.627990°E	[5][27]

Lake Albert

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
Bascombe Island	35°43′35″S 139°15′49″E / 35.72648039°S 139.26348163°E	Island is located in a bay at the south end of the lake also known as Bascombe Bay [2][7][28]

Lake Alexandrina

The following is a list of islands (from west to east) within Lake Alexandrina and including the group of islands at the southern end of the lake.^[6]

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
Goose Island	35°29′30″S 138°49′53″E / 35.49172152°S 138.83152770°E	An island that was inundated by the water level rise caused by the construction of the barrages in the 1930s. It lies within the boundaries of the Currency Creek Game Reserve.[29]
Billygoat Islands	35°29′18″S 138°50′11″E / 35.48844308°S 138.83643637°E	It is reported as being a group of small islands of which many were inundated by the water level rise in the river system caused by the construction of the barrages in the 1930s. It lies within the boundaries of the Currency Creek Game Reserve.[30]
Reedy Island	35°31′53″S 138°50′39″E / 35.531270°S 138.844230°E	Island located in the Goolwa Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.[1][31]
Rushy Island	35°32′08″S 138°50′59″E / 35.535440°S 138.849680°E	Island located in the Goolwa Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park.[1][32]
Hindmarsh Island	35°30′58″S 138°52′34″E / 35.51618332°S 138.87616566°E	[1][2][33]
Bird Island	35°33′10″S 138°53′44″E / 35.55288311°S 138.89542664°E	Island located in the Coorong Channel on the south side of Hindmarsh Island within the boundary of the Coorong National Park. Also, known as Gull Island.[1][2][34]
Varcoe Island	35°32′31″S 138°54′04″E / 35.541960°S 138.901010°E	Island located in Mundoo channel between Hindmarsh and Mundoo Islands.,[1][35]
Lucerne Island	35°31′54″S 138°55′31″E / 35.53156940°S 138.92519926°E	[1][4][36]
Mundoo Island	35°32′47″S 138°56′02″E / 35.546510°S 138.9339°E	[1][2][37]
Goose Island	35°30′05″S 138°56′09″E / 35.50127164°S 138.93570995°E	Island located east of the town of Clayton Bay.[1][38]
Goat Island	35°30′15″S 138°56′37″E / 35.504110°S 138.943560°E	Island located east of town of Clayton Bay.[1][39]
Ewe Island	35°33′23″S 138°56′49″E / 35.556260°S 138.947020°E	According to an atlas published in 1877, it and Long Island were considered to be one island known as Reedy Island. [1][2][40][41]
Rat Island	35°31′13″S 138°57′33″E / 35.520140°S 138.959110°E	Also called Ram Island.[1][42][43]
Long Island	35°32′15″S 138°59′06″E / 35.537480°S 138.98487346°E	Also known as Ram Island and as Grindstone Island. According to an atlas published in 1877, it and Ewe Island were considered to be one island known as Reedy Island.[1][2][44][45]
Tauwitchere Island	35°34′28″S 138°59′22″E / 35.574560°S 138.989540°E	Island is reported as also being named Towagery, Towatchery and Talwadjeri Island and as having an area of 144 hectares (356 acres). [46][47]
Myrtle Island	35°34′08″S 138°59′32″E / 35.5689°S 138.992280°E	Island located within the Mud Islands Game Reserve.[48][49]
Snake Island	35°33′41″S 138°59′49″E / 35.56143004°S 138.99698025°E	[3][50][51]
Mud Island	35°33′51″S 139°00′43″E / 35.564130°S 139.011910°E	Island reported as having an area of 17 hectares (43 acres). It lies within the boundaries of the Mud Island Game Reserve.[52]
Reedy Island No 2	35°33′22″S 139°00′43″E / 35.5560°S 139.012070°E	[4][51][53]
Pomanda Island	35°24′58″S 139°18′29″E / 35.41600826°S 139.30799221°E	Island located adjacent of the channel of the Murray River immediately south of its entry into Lake Alexandrina.[54][55]

Aerial view from the east showing island system adjoining Murray Mouth including locations of barrages (State Library of South Australia - PRG-1258/2/546)

Aerial photo of Goolwa, South Australia with Hindmarsh Island on the left side of image

Pomanda Island (at bottom of image)

Wellington to Morgan

The following is a list of islands (from south to north) within the river’s channel between the town of Wellington and the town of Morgan.

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
Miss Gawler Island	35°08′50″S 139°18′35″E / 35.14728707°S 139.30978°E	Island located south east of the city of Murray Bridge and is located beneath the Swanport Bridge.[56][57]
Long Island	35°07′48″S 139°17′59″E / 35.130070°S 139.299730°E	The island located immediately opposite Murray Bridge and is within the boundaries of the Long Island Recreation Park. The island is considered by the Ngarrindjeri, the Australian Aboriginal people associated with the locality, to be “highly sensitive” (i.e. “high cultural and/or (sic) heritage importance”).[56][58][59]
Nott Island	34°22′44″S 139°37′30″E / 34.37875552°S 139.62503174°E	Island located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the town of Blanchetown.[60][61]
Reedy Island	34°17′43″S 139°38′12″E / 34.29535698°S 139.63662083°E	Island located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Blanchetown, immediately across the river from the Roonka Conservation Park and immediately south of Julia Island.[62][63]
Julia Island	34°17′30″S 139°38′24″E / 34.291560°S 139.639870°E	Island located immediately adjacent to Reedy Island and across the river from the Roonka Conservation Park.[62][64]

Cattle grazing at Long Island, circa 1900 (State Library of South Australia (B 26826)

Aerial view of Murray Bridge from the south including the north end of Long Island, circa 1920 (State Library of South Australia B 11533)

Miss Gawler Island is located below the Swanport Bridge

Morgan to the border

The following is a list of islands (from west to east) within the river’s channel between the town of Morgan and the borders with New South Wales and Victoria.

Name	Coordinates	Remarks
Hart Island	34°10′33″S 140°03′17″E / 34.17590386°S 140.05461270°E	Island located east of the town of Waikerie. Previously known as Wigleys Island. The current name has been in use since at least 1888, possibly named after J.Hart, a pastoralist.[65][66]
Sandy Island	34°10′57″S 140°05′04″E / 34.182510°S 140.084360°E	The existence of this island is based on an entry in an atlas dated 1877. As of 2015, the responsible government agency reported that the island is not indicated on "current mapping" within the locality. [67]
Ball Island	34°10′59″S 140°20′27″E / 34.183180°S 140.340790°E	[68]
Thurk Island	34°13′05″S 140°22′02″E / 34.21804118°S 140.36710836°E	Island located in the channel east of Kingston-on-Murray opposite the Loch Luna Game Reserve. Previously known as Chambers Island or Isle.[69][70]
Moorook Island	34°17′13″S 140°22′12″E / 34.28693766°S 140.36996279°E	Island located opposite to the town of Moorook. Also known as Moorook Isle and Moorik Isle.[69][71]
Nynes Island	34°19′58″S 140°23′11″E / 34.33285356°S 140.38643302°E	Previously known as Pyap Island.[72][73]
Forbys Island	34°26′36″S 140°30′00″E / 34.44320925°S 140.50006195°E	[74][75]
Katarapko Island	34°24′20″S 140°33′22″E / 34.40566248°S 140.55608657°E	Island is located within the extent of the Murray River National Park. Previously known as Cragg Island.[76][77][78]
Kapunda Island	34°26′54″S 140°33′36″E / 34.44846740°S 140.55998258°E	Located in the main river channel to the immediate north-west of Loxton and within the Kapunda Island Conservation Park. In 1994, the island was reported as having an area of 1 hectare (2.5 acres) and as being “only accessible by boat.”[77][79][80][81]
Rilli Island	34°23′37″S 140°34′40″E / 34.39356053°S 140.57769733°E	Located within the extent of the Rilli Island Conservation Park. Previously known as Riley Island and also referred to as Rilli Isle. In 1994, the island was as having an area of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) and as being “only accessible by boat except during low river flows when” it is “accessible by foot, from the south bank of the River…”[77][82][83][81]
Media Island	34°25′46″S 140°35′17″E / 34.429540°S 140.588180°E	Island located to the south east of Loxton and within the extent of Media Island Conservation Park. Previously known as Medea Island and also referred to as Media Isle. In 1994, the island was reported as having an area of 1 hectare (2.5 acres) and as being “only accessible by boat except during low river flows when” it is “accessible by foot, from the south bank of the River…”[77][84][85][81]
Punkey Island	34°15′15″S 140°42′24″E / 34.25412471°S 140.70654564°E	Also known as Penky Island.[86][87]
Cemlell Island	34°14′20″S 140°42′27″E / 34.238870°S 140.707420°E	Also known as Gumlell Island.[86][88]
Muklemuk Island	34°14′11″S 140°43′52″E / 34.236460°S 140.731150°E	Also known as Muckle Muk Island.[86][89]
Reny Island	34°03′33″S 140°44′09″E / 34.05910722°S 140.73577007°E	[90][91][92]
Nelbuck Island	34°06′05″S 140°44′47″E / 34.10144157°S 140.74633239°E	Island which adjoins Bulyong Island, was gazetted on 19 September 1996 by the direction of the state's Minister of Environment. [93]
Nelwart Island	34°12′55″S 140°44′56″E / 34.215280°S 140.749°E	Also called Nelwart Island [82][94]
Goat Island	34°11′14″S 140°45′08″E / 34.18720150°S 140.75220533°E	[95][96]
Bulyong Island	34°07′21″S 140°45′51″E / 34.122540°S 140.764160°E	Island located within the extent of the Murray River National Park.[90][97][98]
Kylie Island	34°08′12″S 140°45′51″E / 34.13679281°S 140.76420893°E	Name derived from the surname of the land owners.[99]
Causeway Island	34°10′08″S 140°45′56″E / 34.168880°S 140.765420°E	[86][100]
Longwang Island	34°08′53″S 140°46′15″E / 34.14815204°S 140.77084040°E	[101][90][102]
Sandy Island	34°15′20″S 140°47′34″E / 34.255650°S 140.7927°E	Also known as Sandy Ridge.[103]
Hunchee Island	34°03′07″S 140°47′36″E / 34.051840°S 140.7933°E	[104][105]
Little Hunchee Island	34°01′57″S 140°49′28″E / 34.03257899°S 140.82436519°E	Island located partly within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[104][105][106]
Chowilla Island	33°59′19″S 140°52′44″E / 33.98870183°S 140.87895483°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[107][108][109]
Monoman Island	33°59′19″S 140°52′44″E / 33.98870183°S 140.87895483°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[108][110][111]
Reedy Island	33°57′51″S 140°54′15″E / 33.964280°S 140.9043°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[112][113]
Boat Creek Island	33°57′09″S 140°54′45″E / 33.952530°S 140.912580°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[108][112][114]
Slaney Island	33°57′00″S 140°55′51″E / 33.949990°S 140.930850°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve. Also known as Stanley Island.[108][115][116]
Newena Island	33°57′44″S 140°55′55″E / 33.96218883°S 140.93196606°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve; also known as the Isle of Man.[115][117]
Punkah Island	33°56′45″S 140°58′04″E / 33.945940°S 140.967860°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[115][118]
Wilpena Island	33°59′50″S 140°59′00″E / 33.99718402°S 140.98329388°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[108][119][120]
Grand Junction Island	33°58′50″S 140°59′22″E / 33.980640°S 140.989340°E	Island located within the Chowilla Game Reserve.[108][121][122]
Hypurna Island	34°00′12″S 140°59′57″E / 34.00344271°S 140.99915737°E	Island which is partly located within the Chowilla Game Reserve, also straddles the border with New South Wales.[108][123][124]

Hunchee Island viewed from Headings Cliff on the opposite of the Murray River.

Katarapko Island as viewed from Loxton.

View of Punkah Creek showing both Punkah Island and the mainland.

See also

• List of islands of Australia
• List of islands in lakes

Citations and references

Citations

1. BIA, 2005, page 27
2. DEWNR, 2014a
3. DEWNR, 2014b
4. DEWNR, 2014c
5. DEWNR, 2014d
6. DMH, 1985, chart 9
7. BIA, 2005, page 31
8. DPTI, Search result for Sam Island (record no. SA0035074), 2015
9. DPTI, Search result for Needles Island (record no. SA0034856), 2015
10. DPTI, Search result for Goat Island (record no. SA0026789), 2015
11. DPTI, Search result for Snake Island (record no. SA0035115), 2015
12. DPTI, Search result for Rabbit Island (record no. SA0034979), 2015
13. DPTI, Search result for Bluff Island (record no. SA0007754), 2015
14. DPTI, Search result for Bull Island (record no. SA0056805), 2015
15. DPTI, Search result for Cow Island (record no. SA0016523), 2015
16. DPTI, Search result for Long Island (record no. SA0033818), 2015
17. DPTI, Search result for Round Island (record no. SA0035054), 2015
18. DPTI, Search result for Swan Island (record no. SA0014524), 2015
19. DPTI, Search result for Stony Well Island (record no. SA0014525), 2015
20. DPTI, Search result for Cattle Island (record no. SA0012910), 2015
21. DPTI, Search result for Teal Island (record no. SA0035196), 2015
22. DPTI, Search result for North Pelican Island (record no. SA0034870), 2015
23. DPTI, Search result for Halfway Island (record no. SA0028944), 2015
24. DPTI, Search result for Pelican Island (record no. SA0034917), 2015
25. DPTI, Search result for Mellor Island (record no. SA0034750), 2015
26. DPTI, Search result for Seagull Island (record no. SA0035084), 2015
27. DPTI, Search result for Wild Dog Island (record no. SA0035332), 2015
28. DPTI, Search result for Bascombe Island (record no. SA0005074), 2015
29. DPTI, Search result for Goose Island (record no. SA0004115), 2015
30. DPTI, Search result for Billygoat Islands (record no. SA0004116), 2015
31. DPTI, Search result for Reedy Island (record no. SA0037142), 2015
32. DPTI, Search result for Rushy Island (record no. SA0059654), 2015
33. DPTI, Search result for Hindmarsh Island (record no. SA0030657), 2015
34. DPTI, Search result for Bird Island (record no. SA0006607), 2015
35. DPTI, Search result for Varcoe Island (record no. SA0012909), 2015
36. DPTI, Search result for Lucerne Island (record no. SA0041615), 2015
37. DPTI, Search result for Mundoo Island (record no. SA0047690), 2015
38. DPTI, Search result for Goose Island (record no. SA0027022), 2015
39. DPTI, Search result for Goat Island (record no. SA0026791), 2015
40. DPTI, Search result for Ewe Island (record no. SA0023158), 2015
41. DPTI, Search result for Reedy Island (record no. SA0034994), 2015
42. DPTI, Search result for Rat Island (record no. SA0057873), 2015
43. DPTI, Search result for Grindstone Island (record no. SA0003913), 2015
44. DPTI, Search result for Long Island (record no. SA0033820), 2015
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46. DPTI, Search result for Tauwitchere Island (record no. SA0035193), 2015
47. BIA, 2005, page 30
48. DPTI, Search result for Myrtle Island (record no. SA0034839), 2015
49. BIA, 2005, page 38
50. DPTI, Search result for Snake Island (record no. SA0035116), 2015
51. BIA, 2005, page 30
52. DPTI, Search result for Mud Island (record no. SA0034820), 2015
53. DPTI, Search result for Reedy Island No 2 (record no. SA0034995), 2015
54. DPTI, Search result for Pomanda Island (record no. SA0056221), 2015
55. BIA, 2005, page 29
56. BIA, 2005, page 61
57. DPTI, Search result for Long Island (record no. SA0040326), 2015
58. DPTI, Search result for Long Island (record no. SA0041196), 2015
59. "Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement" (PDF). The Rural City of Murray Bridge. pp. 9 & 11. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
60. BIA, 2005, page 95
61. DPTI, Search result for Nott Island (record no. SA0051023), 2015
62. BIA, 2005, pages 95- 96
63. DPTI, Search result for Reedy Island (record no. SA0058334), 2015
64. DPTI, Search result for Julia Island (record no. SA0033236), 2015
65. BIA, 2005, pages 114-115
66. DPTI, Search result for Hart Island (record no. SA0029494), 2015
67. DPTI, Search result for Sandy Island (record no. SA0059785), 2015
68. DPTI, Search result for Ball Island (record no. SA0004351), 2015
69. BIA, 2005, page 123
70. DPTI, Search result for Thurk Island (record no. SA0066369), 2015
71. DPTI, Search result for Moorook Island (record no. SA0023380), 2015
72. BIA, 2005, page 126
73. DPTI, Search result for Nynes Island (record no. SA0051375), 2015
74. BIA, 2005, page 130
75. DPTI, Search result for Forbys Island (record no. SA0024536), 2015
76. BIA, 2005, page 131
77. DENR, 1994, pages 7-8
78. DPTI, Search result for Kataropko Island (record no. SA0023380), 2015
79. BIA, 2005, page 132
80. DPTI, Search result for Kapunda Island (record no. SA0034114), 2015
81. DENR, 1994, page vi
82. BIA, 2005, pages 133 & 134
83. DPTI, Search result for Rilli Island (record no. SA0058510), 2015
84. BIA, 2005, page 133
85. DPTI, Search result for Media Island (record no. SA0044069), 2015
86. BIA, 2005, page 140
87. DPTI, Search result for Punkey Island (record no. SA0054339), 2015
88. DPTI, Search result for Cumlell Island (record no. SA0017257), 2015
89. DPTI, Search result for Muklemuk Island (record no. SA0047406), 2015
90. DENR, 1994, pages 69-70
91. BIA, 2005, page 145
92. DPTI, Search result for Reny Island (record no. SA0040854), 2015
93. DPTI, Search result for Nelbuck Island (record no. SA0003793), 2015
94. DPTI, Search result for Nelwort Island (record no. SA0049149), 2015
95. BIA, 2005, page 142
96. DPTI, Search result for Goat Island (record no. SA0026784), 2015
97. BIA, 2005, page 144
98. DPTI, Search result for Bulyong Island (record no. SA0010696), 2015
99. DPTI, Search result for Kylie Island (record no. SA0003796), 2015
100. DPTI, Search result for Causeway Island (record no. SA0012937), 2015
101. BIA, 2005, page 143
102. DPTI, Search result for Longwang Island (record no. SA0040047), 2015
103. DPTI, Search result for Sandy Island (record no. SA0059784), 2015
104. BIA, 2005, page 146
105. DPTI, Search result for Hunchee Island (record no. SA0031527), 2015
106. DPTI, Search result for Little Hunchee Island (record no. SA0040020), 2015
107. BIA, 2005, pages 148-149
108. DEWNR, 2014e
109. DPTI, Search result for Chowilla Island (record no. SA0007424), 2015
110. DEWNR, 2014
111. DPTI, Search result for Monoman Island (record no. SA0045650), 2015
112. BIA, 2005, page 150
113. DPTI, Search result for Reedy Island (record no. SA0035000), 2015
114. DPTI, Search result for Boat Creek Island (record no. SA0007887), 2015
115. BIA, 2005, page 2005, page 151
116. DPTI, Search result for Slaney Island (record no. SA0061931), 2015
117. DPTI, Search result for Newena Island (record no. SA0044012), 2015
118. DPTI, Search result for Punkah Island (record no. SA0057088), 2015
119. BIA, 2005, pages 152-153
120. DPTI, Search result for Wilperna Island (record no. SA0022294), 2015
121. BIA, 2005, page 152
122. DPTI, Search result for Grand Junction Island (record no. SA0027353), 2015
123. BIA, 2005, page 153
124. DPTI, Search result for Hypurna Island (record no. SA0031703), 2015

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