BY OLIVE LORD, F.L.S. 19» 



Tasman, who in 1642 attempted to anchor in Adventure Bay, 

 but was driven to sea by a nor'-west gale, and finally an- 

 chored on the East Coast, He named the bay a little to the 

 north of his anchorage Frederick Henry Bay, but, owing 

 to subsequent errors, the name is now bestowed upon a bay 

 which Tasman did not see, whilst the true Frederick Henry 

 Bay of Tasman is known as Blackman's Bay. In 1772 Marion 

 du Fresne anchored in Marion Bay, his visit being noted 

 chiefly for an unfortunate encounter w'th the aborigines. 

 In Mai'ch, 1773, Captain Furneaux anchored the Adventure 

 in the bay which he named after his ship. He considered the 

 Frederick Henry Bay of Tasman to be a few miles to the 

 north of his anchorage, and called the north point of the 

 bay Cape Frederick Henry. His eri-or was not observed 

 by Captain Cook, who anchored in Adventure Bay in January, 

 1777. 



During January, 1788, the First Fleet passed along the 

 south coast of V.D.L., on their mission to form the first set- 

 tlement in N.S.W., and in August of the same year the 

 Bounty anchored in Adventure Bay. Captain Henry Cox, in 

 the Mercury, visited the southern and eastern coasts in 

 July, 1789. 



The Providence and Assistant anchored in Adventure 

 Bay in February, 1792, and in April and May of the same 

 year D'Entrecasteaux explored the Channel, which bears his 

 name. The following year the French Admiral returned to 

 Tasmania, and in February anchored in Adventure Bay. 



In April of the same year (1793) Sir John Hayes 

 carried out his surveys, and the only other explorers before 

 the settlement of whom we have record are Flinders and Bass 

 (1798-99) and Baudin (1802). 



Some authorities include La Perouse among the early 

 explorers of our island State, but for reasons given in a pre- 

 vious paper (1920, p. 124) I see no reason for such action. 



As regards the details of each visit, there are many 

 points of interest. Amongst others, the localities of the 

 various anchorages can be plotted, as the bearings are given 

 in the different accounts, the anchorages being as follows: — 



Furneaux, 1773 — 

 {Adventure) 



Seven fathoms. 



Cape Frederick Henry NNE * E. 

 Penguin Island N.E. by E. :i E. 

 Watering Place W J N. 



