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Ninth Island

Island in Bass Strait, Tasmania

Summary

Island in Bass Strait, Tasmania

Field	Value
name	Ninth Island
native_name	Tareerpattel-tarerenner
sobriquet
image_size	280
map	Australia Tasmania
map_caption	Location of Ninth Island off the coast of Tasmania
map_relief	1
coordinates
location	Bass Strait
archipelago	Waterhouse Island Group
area_ha	32
length_km	1.3
width_m	550
coastline_km
country	Australia
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Tasmania
population	uninhabited

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

Fauna

Group of three little penguins at the entrance of a nesting burrow — 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.

The island is approximately 1.3 km long and 550 m wide, lying 11.7 km 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 oil spill which killed between 2000 and 6000 little penguins.

Ownership and conservation

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

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 ha 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. A conservation covenant exists on the island, owing to the fact a mutton-bird rookery exists on the island.

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.

The island is situated within the Dorset Municipality.

References

"Aboriginal and Dual Names". Tasmanian Government.
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
"'No other land like this': owner of Tasmania's Ninth Island still on the hunt for a buyer".
"IBA: Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands". Birds Australia.
(9 May 1989). "Islands turned into paradise for investors". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
Hope, Emma. (4 February 2015). "Bass Strait's Ninth Island on market for $500,000". [[The Mercury (Hobart).
"Aussie island passes in at auction in disagreement over just $5000". Australian Real estate news.
"LISTmap - Land Information System Tasmania".
"Gallery - @ domain.com.au".
"Alphabetical Table of Tasmanian Acts: N - R and Statutory Rules". [[Tasmanian Government]].

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