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Rabbit Island
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 (Jussieau Peninsula), also known as Owen Island (South Australia), Owen Island Victoria * Rabbit Island, a small island in Mallacoota, Victoria, Mallacoota Inlet * Rabbit Island, a small island in Swan Bay, Victoria, Swan Bay near 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, Denmark * Rabbit Island (Albany), an historical, colloquial name for Mistaken Island Canada *Rabbit Island (British Columbia), in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peat Island
Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney, New South Wales, Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Island has approximately eight hectares of land and is located just upstream from the Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle), Pacific Motorway and Pacific Highway (Australia), Pacific Highway bridge. It is considered an island due to its size. There is one road connecting the landmass to the mainland. History Peat Island was originally known as Rabbit Island, likely because rabbits were 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 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 River. George Peat was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
