Steve
For clarification - Macquarie is politically part or Tasmania and Lord Howe is
politically part of NSW. They are not biogeographically linked in any way.
E.g. Macquarie could easily be part of Queensland - it would make as much sense.
Rob
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> On 11 Jan 2014, at 14:04, "Stephen Murray" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Ashwin.
>
> Actually, Macquarie Island is part of Tasmania. Heard Island is an external
> territory, as is Ashmore Reef, Norfolk Island, Cocos and Christmas Islands.
> Lord Howe is part of NSW.
>
> Cheers Steve Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Ashwin Rudder
> Sent: Friday, 10 January 2014 12:12 AM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] State Big Years
>
> Frank O'Connor's mention of a WA big year got me thinking about state big
> years. It was well covered on birding-aus when the Victorian big year was
> attempted and broken a couple of years back, but I can't find any reference
> in the archives to any big years for NSW (for example), or even any
> reference to best year totals by those who incidently ended the year with a
> large sum.
>
> In light of that, does anyone know what the best year totals are for the
> states and territories?
>
> And how do our offshore territories work in the case of state lists and
> subsequent year lists? Lord Howe is accepted to be part of NSW, yet Norfolk
> Island (I don't believe) counts on the Queensland list, and surely
> Macquarie, Heard and Christmas Islands can't belong to Tasmania, WA, and WA
> respectively? What is the determining factor?
>
> Cheers,
> Ashwin
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