Beveridge Island (Victoria)

Beveridge Island
Victoria
Beveridge Island; Victoria
	Beveridge Island
Coordinates	35°13′S 143°34′E / 35.217°S 143.567°E
LGA(s)	Rural City of Swan Hill
	Lands administrative divisions around Beveridge Island:

Beveridge Island is an island in Victoria, Australia, within the locality of Tyntynder in the Rural City of Swan Hill.

It is enclosed by the Murray River, and an anabranch of the river in the south and has an area of approximately 1116 hectares.

There are no road crossings to the island.

Boundary dispute

In 1873, the year after the Privy Council determined that Pental Island was part of Victoria, New South Wales and Victoria agreed that Beveridge Island was also Victorian territory. This agreement was based on the conclusion of the states' respective Surveyors General that the northern branch of the Murray River was the main channel.^[1] In 1982, William Hazlett, a farmer^[2] who had been charged in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria with illegally taking water from the southern stream of the Murray River to irrigate Beveridge Island, unsuccessfully challenged this agreement in the High Court, arguing that the southern branch was the main one and the island was therefore in New South Wales. The High Court dismissed his appeal, confirming that the island was part of Victoria.^[3]

References

^ Carney, Gerard (10 April 2013). "The Story behind the Land Borders of the Australian States – A Legal and Historical Overview" (PDF). p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Murray island is part of Victoria, High Court rules". The Age. 23 October 1982.
^ Hazlett v Presnell [1982] HCA 58; (1982) 149 CLR 107.

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[1] Carney, Gerard (10 April 2013). "The Story behind the Land Borders of the Australian States – A Legal and Historical Overview" (PDF). p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[2] "Murray island is part of Victoria, High Court rules". The Age. 23 October 1982.

[3] Hazlett v Presnell [1982] HCA 58; (1982) 149 CLR 107.

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v t e Islands and islets of Victoria, Australia
Near East Gippsland	Gabo The Skerries Tullaberga
Near 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
Near Wilsons Promontory	Anser Group Anser Cleft Kanowna Glennie Group Citadel Dannevig Great Glennie McHugh Hogan Group Northern Boundary Seal Islands Group Cliffy Notch Rag Seal Norman Rabbit Rabbit Rock Shellback Wattle
In Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank
In Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan
Near Portland Bay	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle
In rivers	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna
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