# Judgement Rocks

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Island in Tasmania, Australia

Judgement Rocks The Judgement Rocks, as located within the Kent Group. Judgement Rocks Location of the Judgement Rocks in Bass Strait Etymology Flinders: "from its resemblance to an elevated seat".[1] Geography Location Bass Strait Coordinates 39°30′S 147°07′E / 39.500°S 147.117°E / -39.500; 147.117 Archipelago Kent Group Area 0.39 ha (0.96 acres) Administration Australia State Tasmania Demographics Population unpopulated

The **Judgement Rocks**, part of the [Kent Group](/source/Kent_Group), is a small unpopulated 0.39-hectare (0.96-acre) [granite](/source/Granite) [islet](/source/Islet) and some associated bare rocks, located in the [Bass Strait](/source/Bass_Strait), lying off the north-east coast of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), between the [Furneaux Group](/source/Furneaux_Group) and [Wilsons Promontory](/source/Wilsons_Promontory) in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_Australia), Australia. The islet and associated rocks are contained within the [Kent Group National Park](/source/Kent_Group_National_Park).

The rock was named by [Matthew Flinders](/source/Matthew_Flinders) "from its resemblance to an elevated seat".[1]

[Joanna Murray-Smith](/source/Joanna_Murray-Smith)'s novel *Judgement Rock* is named for the rocks and set among the islands of the Kent Group.[2]

## Fauna

Recorded breeding [seabird](/source/Seabird) and [wader](/source/Wader) species include [fairy prion](/source/Fairy_prion), [Pacific gull](/source/Pacific_gull), [silver gull](/source/Silver_gull), and [sooty oystercatcher](/source/Sooty_oystercatcher). The island hosts Tasmania's largest breeding colony of [Australian fur seals](/source/Arctocephalus_pusillus),[3] which also attracts visits by [killer whales](/source/Killer_whale). The only reptile present is the [metallic skink](/source/Metallic_skink).[4][5]

## See also

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

- [Protected areas of Tasmania](/source/Protected_areas_of_Tasmania)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-flinders_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-flinders_1-1) [Flinders, Matthew](/source/Matthew_Flinders) (1814). [*A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator*](https://archive.org/details/voyageTerraAustv1Flin/page/n8). Vol. 1. London: G. Nicol & Son. p. cxxiv. [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q19027014](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19027014).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Murray-Smith, Joanna. ["On lighthouses and writing"](http://www.naa.gov.au/exhibitions/events/murray-smith.html) (transcript). [National Archives of Australia](/source/National_Archives_of_Australia).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Parks and Wildlife Service (2005). [*Kent Group National Park (Terrestrial Portion) Management Plan 2005*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170103052848/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6590). Hobart: [Tasmanian Government](/source/Tasmanian_Government). pp. 1, 19. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9751743-4-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9751743-4-7). Archived from [the original](http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6590) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2016. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |work= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_4-0)** 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-5)** ["Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388). Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. [Tasmanian Government](/source/Tasmanian_Government). October 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388) on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

## Further reading

- Parks and Wildlife Service (2005). [*Kent Group National Park (Terrestrial Portion) Management Plan 2005*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170103052848/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6590). Hobart: [Tasmanian Government](/source/Tasmanian_Government). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9751743-4-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9751743-4-7). Archived from [the original](http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6590) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2016. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |work= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

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