BY CLIVE E. LORD. 129 



The year after the departure of the French, the Lady 

 Nelson and the Albion arrived at Risdon, and laid the 

 foundation of the English settlement of our Island State. 

 With the advent of settlement and the stirring era of the 

 whaling days, the island of Bruny was concerned to somo 

 extent. This period of its history, however, does not 

 belong here and must remain to be told on some future 

 occasion. 



NOTES ON THE NOMENCLATURE OF BRUNY 

 ISLAND. 



Acta?on Islands. So named from the fact that the ship 

 letcfon was wrecked there in November, 1822. 

 There have also been other wrecks in this local- 

 ity, for instance, the ship Wallace in 1835. 



These islands had been named the Sterile 

 Isles by the French, and Fawcetl [elands by 

 Hayes. The present Admiralty charts show the 

 larger island as Acta?on Island, and the smaller 

 as Sterile Island. D'Entrecasteaux named them 

 the Sterile Isles in L792. 



Adventure Bay. So named by Furneaux after his 



the Ail r, nt a ii which anchored in the hay in 

 177;, 



Arch Island. L'arelu of D'Entrecasteaus and Bridge 

 Rock of Ma 



Apollo Bay. Probably named after the brig A initio (built 

 by Griffiths). The Apollo was lost off Maria Is- 

 land in 1835. 



Bad Bay. Commonly known as Cloudy Bay. La Baie 

 Mauvais of t he French. 



Barnes Bay. In' Roes Almanack for 1829, Barnes Bay 

 is referred to, ao the designation had been be- 

 stowed before that d 



Betsey Island. Originally called Willaumez Inland by 

 D'Entrecasteaux. Hayes, unaware of the French 

 discoveries, anchored his ship- mar here in 1793 

 and re-named it Bestey Island after the ship 

 Betsey (at one time commanded by Captain Meg- 

 son, a friend of his). The island is sometimes 

 referred to as Franklin Island Ladv Franklin 

 purchased the island in 1840. She Liter vested 

 it in Trustees for the use of the Acclimatisation 

 Society, and after being used for such purposes 

 for manv years, if was vested by Act of Parliament 

 (1903, No. 42, s. 15) in the Trustees of the Tas- 

 manian Museum and Botanical Gardens. The 

 island had been used in the twenties for acclima- 



