Lachlan Island
island in Tasmania, Australia
The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.
The public source identifies “Lachlan Island” as island in Tasmania, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lachlan, Island and island.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6468439. Authority coordinates are -42.633, 147.967. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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