Rotamah Island

Rotamah Island
Geography
Rotamah Island (Shire of East Gippsland)
Location	Gippsland Lakes
Coordinates	37°58′34″S 147°43′37″E / 37.976°S 147.727°E / -37.976; 147.727Coordinates: 37°58′34″S 147°43′37″E / 37.976°S 147.727°E / -37.976; 147.727
Country
Australia
State	Victoria

Rotamah Island, or Gellung-warl in the Kurnai language,^[1] is a river island in The Lakes National Park, in the Gippsland Lakes of Victoria, Australia, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Paynesville, from which it is accessible by boat.

Features

Eucalypt and banksia woodland
Prolific bird life with over 190 species recorded
Kangaroos, wallabies, possums, echidnas and Hog Deer

Recent history

1975 - Purchased by the Victorian Government
1978 - Rotamah and Little Rotamah Islands added to The Lakes National Park
1979-2001 - Birds Australia leases the island's homestead to operate as the Rotamah Island Bird Observatory

References

↑ Wurruk: by Vaughan Nikitin, ChaosFilter.com Online Publishing, A Story Written in an Aboriginal Ganai - Kurnai - Language - Mountain Cattlemen - Victoria - Gippsland - Aboriginal History, Myth, Legend

External links

Parks Victoria - The Lakes National Park

Islands of Victoria, Australia

Islands off Gippsland and the Wilsons Promontory	Anser Boundary Citadel Cleft Cliffy Dannevig Gabo Great Glennie Kanowna McHugh Norman Notch Rabbit Rabbit Rock Rag Seal Shellback Tullaberga Wattle Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

Islands within Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday Corner Inlet Marine National Park

Islands within Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank Churchill Island Marine National Park French Island Marine National Park Phillip Island Important Bird Area Phillip Island Nature Park

Islands within Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

Islands within Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle

River islands	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna

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