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Flinders Island (other)
Flinders Island is an island in the Furneaux Group, Tasmania, Australia. Flinders Island may also refer to: In Australia: * Flinders Island (Queensland) * Flinders Island (South Australia) Flinders Island is an island in the Investigator Group off the coast of South Australia approximately west of mainland town Elliston. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, the second lieutenant on in ..., in the Investigator Group * Flinders Island (Western Australia), one of the St Alouarn Islands in Western Australia * Flinders Islet is one of the Five Islands near Port Kembla. See also * Flinders (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Island
Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. Flinders Island was the place where the last remnants of aboriginal Tasmanian population were exiled by the colonial British government. Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties. History Prehistory Flinders Island was first inhabited at least 35,000 years ago, when people made their way from Australia across the then land-bridge which is now Bass Strait. A population remained until about 4,500 years ago, succumbing to thirst and hunger following an acute El Niño climate shift. European discovery Some of the south-eastern islands of the Furneaux Group were first recorded in 1773 by British navigator Tobias Furneaux, commander of , the support vessel with James Cook on Cook's second voyage. In February 1798, British navigator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Island (Queensland)
Flinders Island is the name given to an island that forms part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay. The original indigenous name was ''Wurriima.'' It is north of Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park. It is separated from Stanley Island by Owen Channel and Maclear Island by Fly Channel. The traditional owners formed part of a multi-lingual cultural complex extending from Bathurst Head to Cape Melville, which once, prior to the destructive advent of settlers, lugger crews in the late 19th century colonial period, numbered an estimated 200 people. Peter Sutton'Science and sensibility on a foul frontier: At Flinders Island, 1935,'in Bruce Rigsby and Nicholas Peterson, (eds.), ''Donald Thomson, Man and Scholar,'' 2005 pp.143–58,p.156 notes 9,10. It became one of the earliest centres for recruiting local hands for the pearling trade. These people were still shot or raped at gunpoint as late as the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Island (South Australia)
Flinders Island is an island in the Investigator Group off the coast of South Australia approximately west of mainland town Elliston. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, the second lieutenant on in 1802. It is part of the Investigator Islands Important Bird Area and has a colony of little penguins, but has suffered from the feral cats, black rats and mice, which threaten the bird life. The island is privately owned and was used mostly for farming since 1911, although that tailed off as transport costs rose. In 2020 the owners signed an agreement with the Government of South Australia which places a conservation agreement over , which is most of the island. The island has been subject to diamond exploration following the discovery of a wide range of kimberlite indicator minerals there, which was continuing . History European discovery and use Flinders named the island after his younger brother Samuel, who was the sloop's second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Alouarn Islands
St Alouarn Islands are a group of islands and rocks south-east of Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia, approximately 11 km south of Augusta in Flinders Bay. History In 1772 Louis de St Alouarn in the ''Le Gros Ventre'' was in the region as part of the expedition of Kerguelen, and subsequently the islands were named in 1792, after Captain de St Alouarn, by French navigator Antoine d'Entrecasteaux. Location The Point Matthew lookout on the road between Augusta and Cape Leeuwin, that has the islands identified in a brass compass plate that also identifies distances. Wrecks There are a number of wrecks in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin. The best-known wreck near the islands was that of the Aberdeen White Star ship SS ''Pericles'' on an uncharted rock on 13 March 1910, within sight of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse in daylight hours. Whale watching boats leaving from Augusta Port tend not to venture into this group of islands and rocks, but travel around Flinders Bay to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Islands Nature Reserve
The Five Islands Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located in the Tasman Sea, off the Illawarra east coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve comprises five continental islands that are situated between east of . The Five Islands are Flinders Islet (Toothbrush Island), Bass Islet, Martin Islet, Big Island (also called Rabbit or Perkins Island) and Rocky Islet. History The reserve was originally dedicated as a fauna reserve in 1960; it is considered significant for its biological and Aboriginal heritage values and is managed by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. At the height of the last ice-age some 18,000 years ago, with a lower sea-level, the islands were part of the mainland. When Europeans first visited the area around and immediately south of Sydney in the late 18th century, the mainland coast opposite the Five Islands was occupied by the Tharawal people. Cattle and rabbits were introduced to the islands before 1861. In 1867 a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
