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Rabbit Island (Georgian Bay)
Rabbit Island may refer to: Places Australia New South Wales * Rabbit Island (New South Wales), also known as Peat Island * Rabbit Island, Lord Howe Island group - alternate name for Blackburn Island Queensland * Rabbit Island (Queensland), Newry Islands National Park South Australia * Rabbit Island (South Australia), a small island in Louth Bay * Rabbit Island (Coffin Bay) * Rabbit Island (Coorong), near Magrath Flat * Rabbit Island (Jussieau Peninsula), also known as Owen Island (South Australia), Owen Island Tasmania * Rabbit Island (Tasmania) Victoria * Rabbit Island, a small island in Mallacoota, Victoria, Mallacoota Inlet * Rabbit Island, a small island in Swan Bay, Victoria, Swan Bay near Queenscliff, Victoria, Queenscliff * Rabbit Island (Bass Strait), a small island off Wilsons Promontory * Rabbit Rock (Bass Strait), a small island off Wilsons Promontory Western Australia * Rabbit Island (Western Australia), a small island near Denmark, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peat Island
Peat Island is a small island of approximately eight hectares in the Hawkesbury River, just north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of the suburb called Mooney Mooney and is located just upstream from the Sydney – Newcastle Freeway bridge. Other islands in the Hawkesbury River include Dangar Island, Spectacle Island, Milson Island, Long Island, and Lion Island. History Peat Island was originally known as Rabbit Island, presumably due to the fact that rabbits were being kept there as reported in 1841: "''That to the east is termed Goat Island, having many of those animals grazing thereon, the other Rabbit Island, which is numerously stocked as a Rabbit Warren.''" It was only renamed to Peat Island in 1936, due to its proximity to Peat's Ferry, which at the time was operating between Mooney Mooney and Kangaroo Point on the Hawkesbury. George Peat was an early settler and boat builder who established the first ferry across the Hawkesbury in this vicini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
