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Ketchem Island is a small island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.
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- ↑ Pryor, Helen (2004). "Small Offshore Island Management Planning in Tasmania – a collaborative approach" (PDF). Coast to Coast. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ↑ "Directory: Library Catalogue : H.L. White Library: Tasmania's offshore islands, seabirds and other natural features". Birds Australia. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. "Chapter 9: Prioritisation of high conservation status offshore islands" (PDF). Ecosure. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ↑ Brothers, Nigel; Tasmania. Parks and Wildlife Service (1996), Catching fish, not birds : a guide to improving your longline fishing efficiency (Australian longline version ed.), Dept of Environment and Land Management, ISBN 978-0-7246-4282-3
- ↑ "Nigel Brothers NG2085 [Records]". State Library of Tasmania . Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ Pemberton, David (2001). "Island of islands [Tasmania's Offshore Islands: Seabirds and Other Natural Features (2001), compiled by Owen, David; Nigel Brothers; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen and Halley, Vanessa. Owen, David interviews co-author David Pemberton, a Hobart-based biologist.]". Island. Sandy Bay, Tasmania (85): 90–98. ISSN 1035-3127.
- ↑ Brothers, Nigel (2001). Tasmania's offshore islands : seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0. as quoted in the National Library of Australia