134 EARLY HISTORY OF BRUNY ISLAND, 



Satellite Island. D'Entrecasteaux charted this island at* 

 "I. du Satellite." It is often referred to at the 

 present day as Woody Island, but this latter 

 designation is incorrect. The true Woody Island 

 is the one in Norfolk Bay, which was so named 

 by Flinders. 



Shelah Cove. Commonly known as Bull Bay. Upon a 

 plan dated 1818, locating certain land to James 

 Kelly, the Bay is designated Shelah Cove. (54 ) 

 The plan is filed at the Lands and Survey Office, 

 Hobart. Bruny Island was apparently then call 

 ed Pitt Island. (See Bull Bay.) 



Simpson Point. Point de Riche of D'Entrecasteaux. 

 Riche was a naturalist on the Esjierance. 



Snake Island. I have been unable to trace the original 

 date of this designation, but there is an interest- 

 ing note regarding the early history of this small 

 isle in a book of sketches relating to "The Voyage 

 "of H.M.S. Britomart, from 1834 to 1843." This 

 MS. volume is in the Library of the Royal So- 

 ciety of Tasmania, and there appears a sketch en- 

 titled, "Mr. Cole's House. Snake Island. D'En- 

 trecasteaux Channel." In a note relating to the 

 sketch appears the following: — "About ten 

 "o'clock one dark night, about a fortnight previous 

 "to our visit to the island, four convicts who had 

 "escaped from Port Arthur in a whale boat landed 

 "there. On arriving at the only house on. the is- 

 "land they found the owner of it, Mr. Cole, an 

 "old man who had served in the army in hia 

 "younger days, sitting before the fire, and his 

 "daughter, a fine strapping girl of 18, just going 

 "to bed. Leaving two of the party, one of 

 "whom was armed with a gun, to guard the father, 

 "the other two obliged Miss Cole to show them 

 "where the stores and provisions were kept. 

 "While they were employed collecting what they 

 "had wanted, Mr. Cole contrived to get posses- 

 sion of a knife that had been left on the floor 

 "after supper unperccived by the two men who 

 "were left to guard him. He then watched his 

 "time, and striking up the muzzle of the musket, 

 "rushed upon the man who held it, and wounded 

 "him very severely. The second man came to 

 "the rescue and received so severe a wound that 

 "he died soon after. The other two men, alarmed 

 "by the noise of the scuffle, now came in from 



(54) I am indebted to Mr W. N. Hurst, Assistant Secretary for 

 Lands, for this information. 



