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Thursday Island, at least, the date of its naming is narrowed down 

 by its mention by the Commander of the "Lady Nelson" to the 

 period between 1789 and 1824. The probability is that KING 

 named Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Islands in 1818, although 

 the names do not appear on his charts. 



Having completed her mission at Port Essington, the " lamar " 

 left for Mauritius and England on loth November, 1824, taking 

 the "Countess oj Harcourt" with her. The "Lady Nelson" was 

 left behind, to make herself useful in the transport and provisioning 

 services required by the new settlement. On 28th February, 1825, 

 she set out from the port to bring buffaloes from Timor. She 

 fell into the hands of pirates and her men, with, apparently, only 

 one exception, were murdered. Her wreck lay for many years 

 on the rocks at Baba Island, one of the Serawatti group. 1 



1 Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery in H.M. Ship " Lady Nelson," 1800-1802. By 

 Lieutenant James Grant. London, 1803. 



The Logbooks of the " Lady Nelson," with the Journal of her First Commander, 

 Lieutenant James Grant, R.N. By Ida Lee, F.R.G.S. (Mrs. Chas. Bruce Marriott). 

 London, 1915. 



"An Historical Vessel, the 'Lady Nelson.'" By W. S. Campbell. Journ. Aust. 

 Hist. Soc., Vol. Ill (1914), p. 483. 



" H.M.S. ' Lady Nelson.' " By W. C. Thomson. Trans. Roy. Geogr. Soc. Aust., 

 Victorian Branch, Vol. XIX (1901), p. 85. 



