# George Rocks

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Islands in Tasmania, Australia

Not to be confused with [George Rock](/source/George_Rock).

George Rocks George Rocks Location of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania Geography Location Banks Strait, Bass Strait Coordinates 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°E / -40.917; 148.317 Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group Area 7 ha (17 acres) Administration Australia State Tasmania Demographics Population uninhabited

The **George Rocks**, also historically known as King George's Rocks, is part of the [Waterhouse Island](/source/Waterhouse_Island_(Tasmania)) Group, a group of three adjacent uninhabited [granite](/source/Granite) [islets](/source/Islet) and associated [reefs](/source/Reef) with a combined area of 7 hectares (17 acres), situated in Banks Strait, part of [Bass Strait](/source/Bass_Strait), lying close to the north-eastern coast of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia.[1]

Seal hunting took place early in the 19th century. [Captain James Kelly](/source/James_Kelly_(Australian_explorer)) took seals there in 1816, and Thomas Tucker is recorded sealing on the rocks in 1827. Captain Kelly applied for a lease to establish a bay [whaling](/source/Whaling) station at a small sandy beach on the west side of the largest of the rocks in 1841[2]

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include [Ninth](/source/Ninth_Island), [Tenth](/source/Tenth_Island), [Waterhouse](/source/Waterhouse_Island_(Tasmania)), [Little Waterhouse](/source/Little_Waterhouse_Island), [Maclean](/source/Maclean_Island), [Baynes](/source/Baynes_Island), [Gygnet](/source/Cygnet_Island), [Swan](/source/Swan_Island_(Tasmania)), [Foster](/source/Foster_Islands_(Tasmania)), [Little Swan](/source/Little_Swan_Island), [St Helens](/source/St_Helens_Island) and [Paddys](/source/Paddys_Island) islands and [Bird Rock](/source/Bird_Rock_(Tasmania)) islet.[1]

## Fauna

Recorded breeding [seabird](/source/Seabird) species are [little penguin](/source/Little_penguin), [short-tailed shearwater](/source/Short-tailed_shearwater), [white-faced storm-petrel](/source/White-faced_storm-petrel), [silver gull](/source/Silver_gull), [black-faced cormorant](/source/Black-faced_cormorant) and [crested tern](/source/Crested_tern). Introduced [mammals](/source/Mammal) are rabbits and rats (it was announced in February 2021 that all the rats had been eradicated). The [metallic skink](/source/Metallic_skink) is present.[1]

## See also

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Islands portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Islands)
- [Environment portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Environment)

- [List of islands of Tasmania](/source/List_of_islands_of_Tasmania)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_1-2) Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). *Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features*. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7246-4816-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7246-4816-X)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kostoglou, Parry (1996). *Sealing in Tasmania historical research project* (First ed.). Hobart: Parks & Wildlife Service. pp. 75–6.

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