Ninth Island

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Ninth Island
Native name:
Tareerpattel-tarerenner
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Ninth Island
Location of Ninth Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°50′S147°16′E / 40.833°S 147.267°E / -40.833; 147.267 Coordinates: 40°50′S147°16′E / 40.833°S 147.267°E / -40.833; 147.267
Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group
Area32 ha (79 acres)
Length1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Width550 m (1800 ft)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Ninth Island, officially Tareerpattel-tarerenner / Ninth Island, [1] is a 32-hectare (79-acre) uninhabited granite island situated in Bass Strait as part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. [2] In November 2018, it was listed for sale for the fourth time, at $1.98 million. [3] The property for sale is a landlocked title within a conservation covenant, preventing access to the island by any means except helicopter.

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Fauna

The island is home to thousands of little penguins. Eudyptula minor family exiting burrow.jpg
The island is home to thousands of little penguins.

As well as the black-faced cormorants, recorded breeding seabirds and waders include the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and crested tern. Cape Barren geese also breed there, European rabbits have been introduced and the southern grass skink is present. [2]

The island is approximately 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) long and 550 metres (1,800 ft) wide, lying 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) from the north-eastern coast of Tasmania. It is partly privately owned and has been badly affected in the past by grazing, frequent fires and, in July 1995, by the MV Iron Baron oil spill which killed between 2000 and 6000 little penguins. [2] The island forms part of the Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants. [4]

Ownership and conservation

In approx 1988–1989, Ninth Island was purchased for A$64,000. [5] In February 2015, Ninth Island was advertised for sale with an asking price of A$500,000; [6] however in July it was passed in at auction for A$1.19 million. [7]

The island currently does not have a jetty or an airstrip, so the only way to access the island is via helicopter.

In 2012 the 26.4-hectare (65-acre) Ninth Island Conservation Area was formed on the island. This conservation area completely surrounds the central hill on the island and extends all the way to the shoreline. In addition, the full tidal region of the island's shoreline has been designated Tidal Crown Land, managed by the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service. [8] A conservation covenant exists on the island, owing to the fact a mutton-bird rookery exists on the island. [9]

Region

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include St Helens, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets. [2]

The island is situated within the Dorset Municipality. [10]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Waterhouse Island</span> Island in Tasmania, Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Swan Island</span> Island in Tasmania, Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swan Island (Tasmania)</span> Island in Bass Strait, Tasmania

Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 239-hectare (590-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The George Rocks, also historically known as King George's Rocks, is part of the Waterhouse Island Group, a group of three adjacent uninhabited granite islets and associated reefs with a combined area of 7 hectares, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Helens Island</span> Island in Tasmania, Australia

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References

  1. ↑ "Aboriginal and Dual Names" (PDF). Tasmanian Government. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN   0-7246-4816-X
  3. ↑ https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/no-other-land-like-this-tasmanias-ninth-island-still-on-the-hunt-for-a-buyer/
  4. ↑ "IBA: Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Chancellor, Jonathan; Cook, Danielle (9 May 1989). "Islands turned into paradise for investors". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 7.
  6. ↑ Hope, Emma (4 February 2015). "Bass Strait's Ninth Island on market for $500,000". The Mercury . Hobart.
  7. ↑ "Aussie island passes in at auction in disagreement over just $5000". Australian Real estate news.
  8. ↑ "LISTmap - Land Information System Tasmania".
  9. ↑ "Gallery - @ domain.com.au".
  10. ↑ "Alphabetical Table of Tasmanian Acts: N - R and Statutory Rules". Tasmanian Acts and Statutory Rules. Tasmanian Government. p. 20. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015.
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