Brush_Island
Brush Island
Protected area in New South Wales, Australia
The Brush Island is a continental island, contained within the Brush Island Nature Reserve, a protected nature reserve, known as Mit Island in the Dhurga language of the Murramamrang people of the Yuin nation see (http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p326831/doc/ch01.xdoc) It is located off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The 47-hectare (120-acre) island and reserve is situated within the Tasman Sea, approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-east of the coastal village of Bawley Point.
The island was gazetted as a nature reserve in July 1963 and is important for breeding seabirds.[2] The reserve is listed on Australia’s Register of the National Estate,[3] and has an unmanned lighthouse.