Red Point () is a coastal headland in
New South Wales,
Australia
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at the southern end of
Twofold Bay.
The point got its name from
George Bass's description when he passed it on his
whaleboat voyage to
Bass Strait
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in 1797/
8. He noted Twofold Bay "may be known by a red point on the south side of the peculiar bluish hue of a drunkard's nose"
[ George Bass's Journal for 15 January 1798, in the ]Historical Records of New South Wales
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vol III, page 330, and quoted by Estensen above (i.e. red with a bluish tinge).
References
Headlands of New South Wales
South Coast (New South Wales)
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