130 EARLY HISTORY OF BRUNY ISLAND, 



tisation purposes, for there are records ( 52 ) of 

 silver haired rabbits, pheasants, and peacocks 

 being on the island. 



Blanche Rock (Channel). D'Entrecasteaux charted this as 

 "R. Blano" ("The White Rock"). An additional 

 "he" has, at some period, been added to the 

 French name, and the rock is usually charted 

 as Blanche Rock. 



Boreel Islands. Now known as The Friars. Called the 

 Boreel Islands by Tasman in 1642 after a mem- 

 ber of the Council of India. Furneaux mistook 

 their location and re-named them The Fryars, 

 which designation, with a slight alteration in the 

 spelling, is now in general use. 



Bruny Island. So named after Admiral Bruny D'Entre 

 casteaux. During the course of its history the 

 locality has been referred to as Brune and also 

 Bruni, but the correct spelling of Bruny is now 

 in general use. In the early days the island was 

 also called Pitt Island, and some of the early land 

 grants (i.e., Kelly's, 1818) refer to it as Pitt 

 Island. (See notes on Hayes' visit to Tasmania.) 

 The "Lunawanna-allonah" of the Tasmanian 

 aborigines. 



Bull Bay (Shel ah Cove). The correct name of this Bay is 

 Shelah Cove, as this designation appears on charts 

 of 1818, and the name Bull Bay was not given 

 until later. Probably named after Captain Bull. 

 This was a noted whaling station in the early 

 days of last century. Ross, in 1830, writing 

 of this locality, states — "Another is called Bull 

 "Bay, being a< great resort of boats in the whal- 

 "ing season.''' The establishments belonged to 

 several whalers in Hob art. (See Shelah Cove.) 



Cape Connella. Furneaux referred to the Cape at the 

 south end of Adventure Bay as Fluted Cape. 

 D'Entrecasteaux accepted this designation, refersi 

 to it as Cap Cannelo ("Fluted"). Changes have 

 appeared in maps from time to time, and the 

 name Fluted Cape now appears on the charts 

 as the point at the south end of Adventure Bay, 

 while a point a mile or so further to the south 

 has been designated "Cape Connella" — obviously 

 an adaptation from the French Cap Cannele, 

 which was identical with Fluted Cape. 



(62) Bent's Almanack, 1829. 



