title: Rotamah Island
text: # Rotamah Island
  
  Rotamah Island, or Gellung-warl in the Kurnai language, is a river island in The Lakes National Park, in the Gippsland Lakes of Victoria, Australia, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Paynesville, from which it is accessible by boat.
  
  ## Features
  
  * Eucalypt and banksia woodland
  * Prolific bird life with over 190 species recorded
  * Kangaroos, wallabies, possums, echidnas and Hog Deer
  
  ## Recent history
  
  * 1975 - Purchased by the Victorian Government
  * 1978 - Rotamah and Little Rotamah Islands added to The Lakes National Park
  * 1979-2001 - Birds Australia leases the island's homestead to operate as the Rotamah Island Bird Observatory
  