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	6	1	2002-09-30
4	OC-154 - Western Australia State (North Coast) East group	150	3	8	2009-01-01
5	OC-223 - New South Wales State South group	150	5	4	2011-08-22
6	OC-185 - Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) East group	150	21	4	2012-04-24
7	OC-255 - Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group	150	21	2	2013-10-22
8	OC-294 - Sandy Island	150	32	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	23	4	2015-12-09
11	OC-227 - Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) South group	150	27	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	266		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	46	2	2017-11-10
18	OC-234 - Browse Island	150	8	2	2017-11-12
19	OC-072 - Mellish Reef	171	637		2017-11-15
20	OC-141 - Northern Territory (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group	150	6	7	2018-04-11
21	OC-265 - Coral Sea Islands Territory South	150	23	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	12	6	2018-08-12
28	OC-211 - Houtman Abrolhos	150	19	3	2019-04-20
29	OC-183 - Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) Centre group	150	12	7	2019-04-24
30	OC-220 - South Australia State West group	150	33	5	2019-05-20
31	OC-187 - Queensland State (North Coast) North group	150	4	12	2019-07-17
32	OC-196 - Victoria State East group	150	21	9	2019-09-09
33	OC-142 - Queensland State (South Coast) Centre group	150	16	32	2019-12-10
34	OC-138 - Queensland State (Torres Strait) group	150	36	9	2021-05-10
35	OC-164 - Western Australia State (S.W. Coast) South group	150	22	33	2021-05-29
36	OC-228 - South Australia State East group	150	32	14	2022-02-26
37	OC-194 - New South Wales State North group	150	29	3	2022-08-22
38	AN-005 - Macquarie Island	153	388		2022-08-23
39	OC-137 - Queensland State (South Coast) South group	150	41	44	2022-11-06
40	OC-139 - South Australia State East Centre group	150	181	30	2023-02-10
41	OC-173 - Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) West group	150	21	6	2023-03-26
42	OC-007 - Willis Islands	303	599		2023-04-27
43	OC-233 - Tasmania's Coastal Islands	150	38	17	2023-08-26
44	OC-160 - Queensland State (South Coast) North group	150	18	20	2023-10-15
45	OC-002 - Christmas Island	35	698		2023-11-27
46	OC-195 - Furneaux group	150	26	13	2023-12-02
47	OC-171 - Queensland State (North Coast) South group	150	13	18	2024-02-12
48	OC-261 - South Australia State West Centre group	150	88	5	2024-04-21
49	AN-016 - Antarctica (VK,AX & VI only)	13	209		2024-07-18
50	OC-004 - Lord Howe Island	147	1254		2024-07-31
51	OC-172 - Queensland State (North Coast) Centre group	150	8	12	2024-09-12
52	OC-136 - Victoria State Centre group	150	32	35	2024-10-19
53	OC-005 - Norfolk Island	189	2330		2024-10-21
54	OC-003 - Cocos (Keeling) Islands	38	1138		2024-11-14
55	OC-006 - Tasmania	150	3429		2024-11-15
56	OC-001 - Australia	150	38281		2024-11-17
	Totals		50357	419

*Data based on 198 logs