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NOMENADE CREEK. To press Tasman's undoubtedly just claim 

 to priority of nomenclature is not to be thought of, as it would 

 only add one more to the too numerous family of " Scrubby " 

 Creeks. 



He was the first to give a name, VLIEGE BAIJ (Fly Bay) to what 

 was afterwards named MOSSEL BAIJ, and, in recent times, ALBA- 

 TROSS BAY, now unalterably fixed by usage and official recognition. 



An inlet in this bay (12 48') was named by Tasman the 

 CARPENTIER, although its identification with the inlet so named 

 by Carstenszoon would be absurd. This is one of the few re- 

 maining uncharted portions of the coast land, and if there should 

 turn out to be an inlet of any importance in the locality indicated, 

 I would suggest that it be named the TASMAN. 



In 13 27'-3o', Tasman was the first to note a revier which he 

 erroneously took for Carstenszoon's Coen, but which must have 

 been one of the mouths of the great river named the ARCHER 

 by Jardine in 1865. 



A new Revier, VISSCHER'S, was placed by Tasman in 13 42'. 

 Should there prove to be such an inlet in this uncharted portion 

 of the coast land, there is every reason why Tasman's name 

 (Visscher) should be applied to it. 



CAPE KEERWEER (where the " Duyjken " turned back) is placed 

 in an altogether wrong position. It is more than doubtful if 

 Tasman saw it, and I believe he merely copied it from his 

 incorrect " specially prepared " chart. 



An inlet in 16 was named the REVIER PERA. This inlet, one 

 of the mouths of LEICHHARDT'S ROCKY CREEK, is only designated 

 a " TIDAL INLET " in the modern official map, and should have the 

 name given to it by Tasman. 



On Tasman's REVIER ARNHEM, long use and official recognition 

 have irrevocably fixed the name of VAN ROOK CREEK. 



In Tasman's three inlets named VAN DIEMEN'S, VAN DER 

 LIJN'S and CARON'S, there is no difficulty in recognising respec- 

 tively (i) the mouth of the NORMAN RIVER, (2) the " BYNOE " 

 MOUTH of the Flinders River and (3) the " FLINDERS " MOUTH 

 of the Flinders. 



The name of the Van Der Lijn does not appear to have ever 

 been adopted by modern maps, but Flinders was responsible for 

 erroneous identifications of the Van Diemen and Caron, and. 

 following him, the name Van Diemen still persists as applied to 

 one of the mouths of the Gilbert River, in 16 58'. The sooner 

 it is dropped the better. Nor could any useful purpose now be 

 served by restoring Tasman's names for the three inlets, even if 

 it were possible to overcome the weight of long-established private 

 and official use of other names. 



