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Big Dog Island is located to the south of Flinders Island. It was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009.

Big Dog Island continues to be an important mutton-birding island for Aboriginal people.

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers manage the island by:

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers work across eight Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). These IPAs span approximately 11,150 hectares on the mainland of Tasmania and the Furneaux Group of islands in the Bass Strait.

The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service Aboriginal Trainee Rangers:  

Lying on either side of Hobart, Risdon Cove and putalina (Oyster Cove) are important cultural and spiritual sites for the local Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Covering 120 hectares, they were dedicated as Indigenous Protected Areas in 1999. 

Preminghana was dedicated an Indigenous Protected Area in 1999. It borders Tasmania and the Southern Ocean, and covers 524 hectares of land in the north-west. Preminghana protects historic Aboriginal engraving sites and the endangered Preminghana daisy. 

To the west of Flinders Island, Mount Chappell Island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2000. The 327 hectare island also has important links to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. 

Managed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Rangers, work continues to:  

To the south of Cape Barren Island is lungatalanana (Clarke Island) - at 8,159 hectares it is the third largest of the Furneaux islands. The island has strong links to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009. 

Badger Island is located to the west of Flinders Island. Its surrounding resources previously supported a community of Tasmanian Aboriginal people but is no longer inhabited. The 1,244-hectare island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2000.

Babel Island is located to the east of Flinders Island. It is Australia’s largest mutton bird rookery and an important cultural resource for Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
The 441 hectare island was dedicated as an Indigenous Protected Area in 2009.

The Thuwathu-Bujimulla Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) spans across the Wellesley Islands. It is located off the coast of north Queensland in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

Angkum Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland’s tropical north. The IPA covers 9,180 hectares of steep rainforested slopes, which give way to coastal lagoons and beaches. It was dedicated in January 2013.

Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) comprises approximately 550,000 hectares of Yolgnu land and sea country. It is located in the Gove Peninsula region of north-east Arnhem Land. Dedicated in 2000, it was the first IPA to include sea country. 

The Crocodile Islands Rangers were started by Senior Australian of the Year (2012) Laurie Baymarrwangga. They are based at Milingimbi Island and governed by a traditional owner executive committee. 

The Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) was dedicated in 2006. This IPA spreads across the Groote Eylandt Archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It covers around 300,000 hectares of land which includes Groote Eylandt, Bickerton Island, and numerous smaller islands.