For other places with the same name, see Walker Island.
The Walker Island, sometimes also Walker's Island, is a 700-hectare (1,700-acre)[1]island located in Bass Strait, lying off the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia.[2] The island, separated from the Tasmanian mainland by a highly tidal area known as Robbins Passage,[3] lies north of the adjacent Robbins Island.[4][2]
Access to Walker Island is available via the Walker Island Airport.[5]
The island, together with the adjacent Robbins Island, has been privately owned by the Hammond family since 1961. In 2016 it was reported that the family graze approximately 7,000 head of Wagyu cattle on both islands,[1] and mainland Tasmania.[6]
HMASRiawe had her commercial origins in the Robbins and Walker Islands prior to her 1942 requisition by the Department of the Navy for duties with the Naval Auxiliary Patrol during World War II.[7]
^"Scalefish Fishery Management Plan Review Information Paper" (PDF). Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Management Plan. State Library of Tasmania. March 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^"False Killer Whale stranding, Walker's Island, Tasmania". National Whale and Dolphin Sightings and Strandings Database. Australian Government - Department of the Environment and Water Resources. January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
^"Walker Island Airport". Airport Guide. 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^Breen, Fiona (4 October 2016). "The saltwater muster". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^"Ships, Boats & Craft: HMAS Riawe". Royal Australian Navy. Australian Government. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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