WIA DX Awards General Information

Table below shows most wanted Islands of Australia based on Verified QSO with these islands. Contacts is the total number of QSO with the island, so one individual may contribute many contacts. The table is sorted first by date of most recent activity, then by number of activations, then by number of contacts and lastly alphabetically. It is hoped that this list will give guidance to DXpeditions when deciding which islands to activate.

Rank	Island group	DXCC	Contacts	# Activations	Last active
1	OC-214 - Western Australia State (N.W. Coast) East group	150	2	1	1996-05-19
2	OC-230 - Rowley Shoals	150	3	1	1999-09-25
3	OC-251 - Victoria State West group	150	7	1	2002-09-30
4	OC-154 - Western Australia State (North Coast) East group	150	3	7	2009-01-01
5	OC-223 - New South Wales State South group	150	4	4	2011-08-22
6	OC-185 - Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) East group	150	22	4	2012-04-24
7	OC-255 - Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group	150	22	2	2013-10-22
8	OC-294 - Sandy Island	150	39	1	2014-09-20
9	OC-229 - Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) Centre group	150	20	4	2015-11-06
10	OC-071 - Western Australia State (North Coast) West group	150	22	3	2015-12-09
11	OC-227 - Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) South group	150	28	3	2016-01-04
12	OC-243 - Western Australia State (South Coast) West group	150	25	2	2016-03-04
13	AN-003 - Heard Island	111	284		2016-04-10
14	OC-266 - Western Australia State (North Coast) Centre group	150	7	2	2016-09-13
15	OC-267 - Coral Sea Islands Territory North	150	19	2	2017-06-23
16	OC-198 - Northern Territory (Gulf of Carpentaria) South group	150	18	3	2017-10-16
17	OC-216 - Ashmore and Cartier Islands	150	50	2	2017-11-10
18	OC-234 - Browse Island	150	7	2	2017-11-12
19	OC-072 - Mellish Reef	171	652		2017-11-15
20	OC-141 - Northern Territory (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group	150	5	6	2018-04-11
21	OC-265 - Coral Sea Islands Territory South	150	22	3	2018-04-16
22	OC-199 - Western Australia State (N.W. Coast) Centre group	150	24	8	2018-06-09
23	OC-140 - Western Australia State (N.W. Coast) West group	150	24	6	2018-06-12
24	OC-193 - Western Australia State (South Coast) West Centre group	150	19	3	2018-06-19
25	OC-170 - Western Australia State (South Coast) East Centre group	150	31	6	2018-06-22
26	OC-206 - Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) North group	150	13	7	2018-07-01
27	OC-212 - New South Wales State Centre group	150	11	6	2018-08-12
28	OC-261 - South Australia State West Centre group	150	23	4	2019-03-15
29	OC-211 - Houtman Abrolhos	150	20	2	2019-04-20
30	OC-183 - Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) Centre group	150	13	7	2019-04-24
31	OC-220 - South Australia State West group	150	34	5	2019-05-20
32	OC-187 - Queensland State (North Coast) North group	150	4	12	2019-07-17
33	OC-196 - Victoria State East group	150	20	9	2019-09-09
34	OC-142 - Queensland State (South Coast) Centre group	150	16	31	2019-12-10
35	OC-172 - Queensland State (North Coast) Centre group	150	7	10	2020-07-19
36	OC-138 - Queensland State (Torres Strait) group	150	36	8	2021-05-10
37	OC-164 - Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) South group	150	24	33	2021-05-29
38	OC-228 - South Australia State East group	150	34	14	2022-02-26
39	OC-194 - New South Wales State North group	150	29	3	2022-08-22
40	AN-005 - Macquarie Island	153	390		2022-08-23
41	OC-137 - Queensland State (South Coast) South group	150	40	43	2022-11-06
42	OC-139 - South Australia State East Centre group	150	179	30	2023-02-10
43	OC-173 - Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) West group	150	23	5	2023-03-26
44	OC-136 - Victoria State Centre group	150	31	33	2023-03-30
45	OC-007 - Willis Islands	303	600		2023-04-27
46	OC-233 - Tasmania's Coastal Islands	150	37	16	2023-08-26
47	OC-004 - Lord Howe Island	147	1095		2023-10-08
48	OC-160 - Queensland State (South Coast) North group	150	18	19	2023-10-15
49	OC-002 - Christmas Island	35	746		2023-11-27
50	OC-195 - Furneaux group	150	27	12	2023-12-02
51	OC-003 - Cocos (Keeling) Islands	38	1098		2023-12-07
52	AN-016 - Antarctica (VK,AX & VI only)	13	197		2024-01-13
53	OC-171 - Queensland State (North Coast) South group	150	13	18	2024-02-12
54	OC-005 - Norfolk Island	189	2313		2024-04-10
55	OC-001 - Australia	150	36641		2024-04-11
56	OC-006 - Tasmania	150	3371		2024-04-12
	Totals		48462	403

*Data based on 220 logs