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French, as Baudin completed the survey of that portion and named 

 it '' L'Isle Decres." In 1819 Captain Sutherland obtained a cargo 

 of sealskins and salt from this island. The oldest European settler 

 (George Bates) arrived there in 1824, and by 1835, when William 

 Thompson landed, there Avere seven male white settlers engaged in 

 sealing and preparing wallaby skins for export. Thomas Waller — 

 said to have been on the island since 1816 — had assumed the title 

 of governor ; he gave up this title and sold his interest to the South 

 Australian Company in 1836. An early settler, G. Meredith 

 (whose father had a large business in Tasmania), took up his 

 residence at Western River, on the north coast. On one of his 

 trips across to the mainland he Avas killed by the natives while 

 taking his supper by the camp fire at Yankalilla. The first vessel 

 bringing colonists for South Australia, the Duke of Yoik, arrived 

 at Nepean Bay on the 29th of July, 1836, and Colonel Light, with 

 his surveying staff, arrived in the liapid on the 20th of August in 

 the same year. 



Kangaroo HeacL—lSamed by Flinders, March 23rd, 1802. 

 Kingscote. — The first settlement on Kangaroo Island, named by 

 Samuel Stephens in 1836, after Henry Kingscote, of London, 

 according to instructions given him in England. 



Kirton Point. — Named by Flinders, 1802. Since associated 

 with the death of little Frank Hawson, who was speared by the 

 natives, October 5th, 1840. 



Kooringa. — Native name of the Burra Creek. Vkle Burra for 

 Hindoostanee origin. Our native words " boora boora " mean 

 " far away," " by and by." 



Louth Bay and Zstonrf. — Named by Flinders, February 26th, 

 1802. 



Lincoln, Port. — Discovered and named by Flinders, February 

 26th, 1802, after his native town, Lincoln. He spent several days 

 ashore, surveying, mapping, determining the latitude, longitude, 

 variation of the compass, and dip of the needle. The site of these 

 observations occupied a commanding view, which he described as 

 exceedingly beautiful — an opinion shared by MM. Peron and 

 Freycinet, of Baudin' s expedition. The place is now marked by a 

 white obelisk, erected by Lady Franklin, on behalf of her husband. 

 Sir John Franklin, the illustrious explorer of the North- West 

 Passage, to the memory of Flinders, under whom her husband 

 had served as midshipman in the Lrtvestigator. Lady Franklin and 

 her daughter arrived in the ship Abeona from Hobart, Captain 

 Blackburn, who, with Messrs. Mitchell and Hawson, searched for 

 and identified the spot known as Stamford Hill. The marble slab 

 bearing the original inscription is now in the Adelaide Museum, 

 having been replaced a few years ago by a similar one, bearing the 

 following inscription : — " This place, from which the gulf and its 

 shores were first surveyed on the 26th February. 1802, by Matthew 

 Flinders, K.N., commander of H.M.S. hivestigator, and the dis- 



