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Doughboy Island (Tasmania)
The
Doughboy
Island
, part of the
Tin Kettle Group
within the
Furneaux Group
, is a unpopulated mainly
granite
island
, located in
Bass Strait
, lying
west
of the
Flinders
and
Cape Barren
islands
,
Tasmania
, in south-eastern
Australia
.
The island
has been
devastated
by
irresponsible
farming
practices
and
fire
.
Fauna
Recorded
breeding
seabird
and
wader
species
are
little penguin
,
Pacific gull
and
sooty oystercatcher
. The
metallic skink
is present.